yoxsa

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish [Term?]. Compare Turkish yoksa (“otherwise”), Turkmen ýogsa (“otherwise, or else”), Turkmen ýogsam (“otherwise”). By surface analysis, yox (“no; there is not”) ‎ sa (“conditional suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjoχsɑ]

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• Hyphenation: yox‧sa

Conjunction

yoxsa

1. or (mainly in interrogative sentences)

   Synonyms: vəya, ya, yaxud

   Hansını istəyirsən? Bunu yoxsa onu?

   Which one do you want? This one or that one?

   • 2013 February 23, Fərid Hüseyn, Kaspi‎^[1], page 15:

     Yoxsa sən elə bilirsən ki, bu gün çap olunan, bir-birinə bağışlanan əsərləri oxuyan var?

     Or do you think that there is someone that reads the books that are printed today and given as presents?

2. otherwise, or

   Tez ol, yoxsa gecikərsən!

   Hurry up or you'll be late!