bir an evvel

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بر آن اول (bir an evvel),[1][2] from بر (bir) +‎ آن (an) +‎ اول (evvel), equivalent to compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) +‎ an (“moment”) +‎ evvel (“before, first, earlier”), literally “one moment earlier”. Cognates with Azerbaijani bir an əvvəl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɾ.an.ev.vel/
  • Hyphenation: bir‧an‧ev‧vel

Adverb

bir an evvel

  1. as soon as possible, immediately
    Synonyms: bir an önce, bir gün evvel, bir gün önce, bir ayak evvel, bir ayak önce, hemen

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بر آن اول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 265
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بر آن اول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 199

Further reading
  • “bir an evvel”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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