tedricen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تدریجاً (tedricen),[1][2] from Arabic تَدْرِيجًا (tadrījan) adverbial accusative of تَدْرِيج (tadrīj), verbal noun of دَرَّجَ (darraja, to step forward, to proceed gradually).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tedˈɾiːd͡ʒen/
  • Hyphenation: ted‧ri‧cen

Adverb

tedricen

  1. (archaic) gradually, progressively, by degrees
    Synonyms: (archaic) tedricî olarak, gittikçe, gitgide, gide gide, giderek, yavaş yavaş, derece derece

References

  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تدریجاً”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 356
  2. Sami, Şemseddin. Kamus-ı Türki, haz. Paşa Yavuzarslan, Ankara, Türk Dil Kurumu (2010).
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tedricen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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