bir an evvel
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish بر آن اول (bir an evvel),[1][2] from بر (bir) + آن (an) + اول (evvel), equivalent to compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + an (“moment”) + evvel (“before, first, earlier”), literally “one moment earlier”. Cognates with Azerbaijani bir an əvvəl.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit- as soon as possible, immediately
- Synonyms: bir an önce, bir gün evvel, bir gün önce, bir ayak evvel, bir ayak önce, hemen
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بر آن اول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 265
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بر آن اول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 199
Further reading
edit- “bir an evvel”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu