habire

Turkish

Alternative forms

• ha bire

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ها بره. By surface analysis, hay +‎ bre, both vocative exclamations.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.bi.ɾe/

Adverb

habire

1. continually, repeatedly

   Synonyms: sık sık, arka arkaya

   Bu günler habire çalışıyor.

   He's been working nonstop these days.

   Belki bir şey atar diye habire telefonuma bakıyordum.

   I kept checking my phone, hoping she might text me.

References

• Vefik, Ahmed Pasha (1876), “habire”, in لهجه عثمانی [lehce-i ʼosmani]‎^[1] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 2, page 1198
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “habire”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

• “ha bire”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “habire”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “habire”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1823

Anagrams

• bihaber