ara ara

See also: ara-ara

Japanese

Romanization

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

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

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