köken: Literally, 'what is there, what is not there?'. Cognates * Turkish ne var, ne yok (“what is there, what is not there”), * Kazakh нe бар, не жоқ (ne bar, ne joq, “what is there, what is there not”), * Kyrgyz эмне бар, эмне жок (emne bar, emne jok, “what is there, what is there not”) * Bashkir нимә бар, нимә юҡ (nimə bar, nimə yuq, “what is there, what is there not”), Compare * Iraqi Arabic شاكو…
-Salam, necəsən? Nə var nə yox? -Hello, how are you? What's new?
- Salamatçılıqdır. Səndə nə var nə yox? - Everything is fine. How about you?
- Hər şey yaxşıdır, şükür. Başqa nə var nə yox? - Everything is fine, thanks [God]. What else is new?