qaydam
/qajdam/
who knows, I don't know, hard to say, hardly, doubtful — Stands at the start or end of a sentence and expresses the speaker's doubt; it can also be a reply on its own.
- ol kellikmidi? – qaydam — will he come? – I don't know
- ol üydemidi? – qaydam — is he at home? – who knows
- sen aŋılarıqmısa, qaydam — will you understand, I don't know
- anı kim biledi, qaydam — who knows about that, hard to say
- ol qaçan qayıtırıqdı, qaydam! — when will he ever come back, who knows!
- ol kellikdi. – qaydam — he will come. – hardly
- qaydam, qonaq kelir mi? — who knows, will the guest come?
- qaydam, bitdire alırmıbız? — who knows whether we can finish?
- qaydam deb — saying ‘who knows’