evvel ahir
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اول آخر (evvel āḫir),[1] from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal) and آخِر (ʔāḵir),[2][3] equivalent to evvel (“before, first”) + ahir (“after, last”). Cognates with Azerbaijani əvvəl-axır, Turkmen owal-ahyr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (archaic) sooner or later
- Synonyms: er geç, er ya da geç, eninde sonunda, önünde sonunda, sonunda
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اول آخر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 199
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “evvel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ahir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “evvel ahir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu