qallay bir

/qallaj bir/

Definition

(det.) how much — money, weight, distance, time

qallay bir açha kerekdi? — how much money is needed?
qallay bir zaman ketdi? — how much time has gone by?
qallay bir aldıng? — how much did you take?

Related

nençacounterparthow many, of things countedqalaycognatehow, in what way; what (in a question about what to do); how, what a — in an exclamation

Origin

qallay "what kind of" + bir "one" — literally "what kind of one", the amount asked for rather than the number.

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