gittikçe
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كتدكجه[1] or كیتدكجه (gitdikce, gittikçe),[2] from كتمك (gitmek), equivalent to git- (“to go”) + -tik + -çe. Cognates with Azerbaijani getdikcə, Turkmen gitdikçe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]gittikçe
- gradually, progressively, by degrees as time goes by
- Synonyms: gitgide, gide gide, giderek, yavaş yavaş, (archaic) tedricen
- Gittikçe daha çok anne emzirmeyi tercih ediyor. ― More and more mothers are choosing to breastfeed.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كتدكجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1525
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كیتدكجه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1064
Further reading
[edit]- “gittikçe”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gittikçe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1724