giderek
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish كیدهرك (giderek),[1] from كتمك (gitmek), equivalent to git- (“to go”) + -erek.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editgiderek
- gradually, progressively, by degrees as time goes by
- Synonyms: gitgide, gide gide, gittikçe, yavaş yavaş, (archaic) tedricen
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كیدهرك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1525
Further reading
edit- “giderek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “giderek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1716