ara sıra
Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آرا صره (ara ṣıra),[1][2] from آرا or آره (ara) and صره (ṣıra),[3][4] equivalent to ara (“space, place between two things, interval”) + sıra (“line, order, sequence, turn”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
- sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time
- Synonyms: arada bir, bazen, bazı bazı, kimi vakit, kimi zaman, zaman zaman, (archaic) kâh
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آرا صره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 56
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آرا صره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 11
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sıra”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “ara sıra”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ara sıra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 273