bazı bazı

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of bazı (“some, indistinct, or certain (known but not specifically named)”), inherited from Ottoman Turkish بعضی بعضی (bʿażı bʿażı),^[1] from Arabic بَعْض (baʕḍ, “some, part”).^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.zɯ.baː.zɯ/
Hyphenation: ba‧zı‧ba‧zı

Adverb edit

bazı bazı

from time to time, occasionally, now and then
Synonyms: bazen, ara sıra, arada sırada, arada bir, zaman zaman, vakit vakit, kimi zaman, kimi vakit

References edit

^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بعضی بعضی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 371
^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bazı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit

“bazı bazı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bazı bazı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 515

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