ara ara

See also: ara-ara

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese あらあら (Japanese for "oh dear"), popularized around March 2019.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

ara ara

1. (Internet slang) Used to express admiration or an typically reaction, Often used in a women speech.

   ara ara, are you alone, little boy?

Japanese

Romanization

ara ara

1. Rōmaji transcription of あらあら

Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of ara (“interval, space or time between two things”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾa.a.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧a‧ra

Adverb

ara ara

1. from time to time, sometimes

   Synonyms: zaman zaman, vakit vakit, ara sıra, arada, arada bir, bir ara, bazen

   Televizyon yayını ara ara kesildi. ― The television broadcast was interrupted from time to time.

Related terms

• ara bozucu
• ara bulucu
• arada kalmak
• aradan çıkarmak
• aralık
• arayüz

 

Further reading

• “ara ara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ara ara”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 271