hemen hemen

Turkish

Etymology

Compound of hemen (“quickly, nearly, just”) +‎ hemen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /heˈmen.he.men/
Hyphenation: he‧men‧he‧men

Adverb

hemen hemen

almost, nearly, pretty much
Synonym: neredeyse
as good as, close to or not far from all

Related terms

hem
hemencecik
hep

Further reading

“hemen hemen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hemen hemen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1931

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