ara ara

See also: ara-ara

Japanese

Romanization

ara ara

1. Rōmaji transcription of あらあら

Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of ara (“interval, space or time between two things”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾa.a.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧a‧ra

Adverb

ara ara

1. from time to time, sometimes

   Synonyms: zaman zaman, vakit vakit, ara sıra, arada, arada bir, bir ara, bazen

   Televizyon yayını ara ara kesildi. ― The television broadcast was interrupted from time to time.

Related terms

• ara bozucu
• ara bulucu
• arada kalmak
• aradan çıkarmak
• aralık
• arayüz

 

Further reading

• “ara ara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ara ara”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 271