This is the 481st most frequent Azerbaijani word.
dedi
"Said"
In this context, 'dedi' conveys a directive or instruction being attributed to someone.
O mənə dedi ki, vaxtında gəl.
He/She told me to come on time.
Here, 'dedi' introduces a direct quotation, marking reported speech.
Leyla dedi: 'Mən bu layihə üzərində çox işlədim.'
Leyla said: 'I worked a lot on this project.'
The word 'dedi' is used to indicate reporting what someone said, serving as the past tense third-person singular form of the verb 'to say' in Azerbaijani.