evvela

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولا (evvela, “firstly, in the first place”),^[1] from Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈev.ve.laː/
Hyphenation: ev‧ve‧la

Adverb edit

evvela

firstly, in the first place, first of all
Synonyms: önce, ilk önce, öncelikle, ilkin

References edit

^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اولا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 265

Further reading edit

“evvela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “evvela”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1524

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