bazı bazı
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduplication of bazı (“some, indistinct, or certain (known but not specifically named)”), inherited from Ottoman Turkish بعضی بعضی (bʿażı bʿażı),[1] from Arabic بَعْض (baʕḍ, “some, part”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- from time to time, occasionally, now and then
- Synonyms: bazen, ara sıra, arada sırada, arada bir, zaman zaman, vakit vakit, kimi zaman, kimi vakit
References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بعضی بعضی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 371
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bazı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “bazı bazı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bazı bazı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 515