I. s. 1. vain, useless; ~ zəhmət vain / useless labour; ~ cəhd vain / useless effort; 2. (pulsuz) free (of charge); 3. (ucuz) cheap; twopenny-halfpenny; for nothing, for a trifle, for a song; O, bunu tamam havayı aldı He / She paid next to nothing for it; 4. gratuitous, unpaid
II. z. uselessly, vainly, (all) for nothing, in vain, to no purpose; ~ vaxt itirmək to waste one’s time; ~ xərcləmək to squander; to spend one’s money foolishly, to be* foolish with one’s money; O, qapını açmağa havayı çalışdı Vainly he / she tried to open the door; Bizim bütün zəhmətimiz havayı getdi All our work went for nothing