aheste aheste

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آهسته آهسته (āheste āheste),[1][2] from Persian (âheste),[3] equivalent to reduplication of aheste (“slow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːhesˈte.aːhes.te/
Hyphenation: a‧hes‧te‧a‧hes‧te

Adverb

aheste aheste

(poetic) slowly
Synonyms: yavaş yavaş, yavaşça, ağır ağır

Alma mazlumun ahını, çıkar aheste aheste. ― Avoid the curse of the oppressed, it will befall slowly (but eventually).

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آهسته آهسته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 280
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آهسته آهسته”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 41
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aheste”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

“aheste aheste”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aheste aheste”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 151

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