şimdi

Turkish

Alternative forms

• şindi (pronunciation spelling)
• şindik (Kütahya, Samsun, Adana)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شمدی (şimdi), from Old Anatolian Turkish شمدی (şimdi), itself from an earlier اوش امدی (uş imdi), from Proto-Common Turkic *oš emdi, from Proto-Turkic *em- (“now”). By surface analysis, uş +‎ imdi. Cognate with Turkmen and Gagauz şindi (“now”), Azerbaijani indi, Southern Altai эмди (emdi), Tatar инде (inde, “now”), Tuvan ам (am, “now”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈʃim.di/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈʃin.di/
• (Blacksea, Southwest Anatolia, Kütahya, Edirne) IPA^(key): /ˈʃin.d͡ʒi/

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• Hyphenation: şim‧di

Adverb

şimdi

1. now
2. just now

Usage notes

• In the derived terms below, and rarely otherwise, may take suffixes normally applied to nouns.

Synonyms

• şu anda

Derived terms

• şimdiden (“in advance; beforehand”)
• şimdiden sonra (“from now on”)
• şimdiki
• şimdilik (“at present; for now”)
• şimdiye kadar (“until now”)
• [Term?] (“present; present-day; immediate”)

Further reading

• “şimdi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• “şimdi”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982