𐰴𐰣𐰨𐰀

kança

Meaning:
how much? to what extent?
Kança is used when asking about the quantity of uncountable objects, whereas näçä is used when asking about the quantity of countable nouns.
Synonyms:
𐰤𐰲𐰀 [näçä]

Word family

Formed from 𐰴𐰀 [ka] “an interrogative pronoun, used independently and in the formation of interrogative and indefinite expressions” using -ça² (the equative case). The equative case in -ça2 expresses similarity or correspondence (“like, as; according to”) and can also indicate degree or quantity.

In modern languages

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Language Cognate
Turkmen No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Turkish (Azerbaijan) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Turkish (Türkiye) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Salar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Gagauz No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Crimean No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Uyghur qança
Uzbek qança
Kazakh qanşa
Nogai qanşa
Siberian Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kyrgyz kança
Altai kança
Alan No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kumyk No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Bashkir No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Tıva kança
Khakas xança
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Khalaj No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Chuvash No cognate has been entered for this language yet.

Examples

Irıq Bitig
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Translations

German:
wie viel? inwieweit?
Russian:
сколько? в какой степени?
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
nə qədər?
Turkish (Türkiye):
ne kadar

  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 634
    D kança ‘whithersoever; whither?’ and the like. Morphologically an Equative, but a very old word fr. the same base as ka:ñu:, q.v. S.i.s.m.l., but meaning ‘how many?’ (cf. ne:çe:). Türkü viii ff. kança: barır men ‘where am I going?’ IrkB 42: Uyğ. viii ff. Bud. kança bardı ‘where has he gone?’ PP 53, 6; kança barırsız do. 78, 1; o.o. U II 25, 21; III 36, 10; IV 14, 144—bu kança barğay kentü ölgey ‘wherever he goes, he will die’ PP 57, 6-7: Xak. xi kança: bardıŋ ‘where (or why?) have you gone?’ I 74, 17; kança: bardı: belgü:sü:z ‘no one knows where it has gone’ (ilā ayy ciha tattacih) I 354, 17; kança: barsa: ‘wherever it goes’ III 40, 1; a.o. I 224 (ümlüg); n.m.e.: KB 27 (kalı:), 206, 5137 (ka:ñı:), 5202: xiii(?) At. kanı kança bardı ‘where and whither has he gone?’ 386; Tef. kança (bar-) ‘whither?; wherever’ 198: xiv Muh. ilā ayna kança: (-c-) Mel. 17, 15; Rif. 96: Xwar. xiii kança/kançaru ‘whither?’ ‘Ali 17, 32: xiv kança barur sen Nahc. 410, 3: Kıp. xiv kança: (-c-) barur sen ayna taḏhab İd. 75: Osm. xiv to xvi (only) kanca/kancaru are common TTS I 409; II 570; III 400; IV 459.