nadiren

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نادراً (nādiren, rarely, seldom),[1] from Arabic نَادِرًا (nādiran), adverbial accusative of نَادِر (nādir, rare, unusual).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːdi.ɾen/
  • Hyphenation: na‧di‧ren

Adverb

nadiren

  1. rarely, seldom
    Synonyms: az, seyrek, ara sıra, bayramdan bayrama

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نادراً”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2061
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nadir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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