şimdi
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish شمدی (şimdi), from earlier شو امدی (şu imdi), from Old Anatolian Turkish امدی (emdi, imdi), from Proto-Turkic *em- (“now”). Cognate with Turkmen şindi (“now”), Azerbaijani indi, Southern Altai эмди (emdi), Tatar инде (inde, “now”), Tuvan ам (am, “now”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
şimdi
Usage notes edit
- In the derived terms below, and rarely otherwise, may take suffixes normally applied to nouns.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- şimdiki (“present; present-day; immediate”)
- şimdiden (“in advance; beforehand”)
- şimdiden sonra (“from now on”)
- şimdilik (“at present; for now”)
- şimdiye kadar (until now)