bir zaman

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بر زمان (bir zaman),[1][2][3] from بر (bir) and زمان (zaman),[4][5] equivalent to bir (a, one, indefinite determiner) + zaman (time).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɾ.za.man/
  • Hyphenation: bir‧za‧man

Adverb

bir zaman

  1. in the past, once, formerly
    Synonyms: bir zamanlar, eskiden, vaktiyle, zamanında, vaktizamanında, önceden, evvelce, evvelden, (archaic) mukaddema
  2. some indeterminate length of time
    Synonyms: biraz, bir süre, bir müddet

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بر زمان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1013
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بر زمان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 646
  3. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “بر زمان”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 686
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  5. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zaman”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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