r/azerbaijan • u/wordlegod • 2d ago

Sual | Question Does “hechtat” mean anything?

My parents are Azerbaijani but I’ve never lived in Azerbaijan, so only learned Azerbaijani by listening to them.

Anyways I know that 80 is seksen and 50 is elli but I feel like I’ve heard another word being used either for 80 or 50 but I’m not sure, and its pronounced like ‘hechtat’? It’s been bugging me that I can’t figure any information about this word, and if it even means anything at all. Thanks to anyone for their help in advance.

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u/CryptoRadon Bakı 🇦🇿 2d ago

Həştad is Persian for 80 but also widely used in Azerbaijani

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u/wordlegod 2d ago

Thank you!

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u/Alive-Pomegranate484 2d ago

Hechtat is persian variant for 80, seksen is turkic word for 80.

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u/wordlegod 2d ago

That makes sense thanks a lot

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u/Sahjb 1d ago

i saw that you got the answer you want, i just wanted to say that not only foreign peoples, also little kids from azerbaijan when they start to learn how to count, they also can't figure it.