bir nebze
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish بر نبذه (bir nebze),[1] from بر (bir) and نبذه (nebze),[2][3] equivalent to bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + nebze (“the smallest particle of a thing, an iota”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- (figuratively) in a very small degree or amount, a little bit
- Synonyms: zerre kadar, zerrece
- (figuratively) for a very short time, for a moment
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بر نبذه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1268
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nebze”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “bir nebze”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bir nebze”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 618