qaysı
/qajsɯ/
1. which, which one
- qaysı üyde? — in which house?
- ekisinden qaysı keldi? — which of the two came?
- qaysı janından? — from which side?
- aladan qaysı? — which of them?
2. whichever, any at all, every one — The universal reading commonly occurs with da. Relative constructions also express an unrestricted choice.
- qaysı da angılarıqdı — any of them will understand
- qaysı tülkü da — every fox
3. someone, somebody; some unspecified person or thing (in qaysı ese da) — The person or thing is unidentified. This meaning belongs to the construction with ese da, not to the bare interrogative.
- dedi qaysı ese da — someone said
4. anyone, anybody (in qaysı bolsa da) — An unspecified possible person, rather than the unidentified actual referent expressed with ese da.
- qaysı bolsa da bir kelir — someone or other will come