evvela

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اولا (evvela, “firstly, in the first place”), from Arabic أَوَّلًا (ʔawwalan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈev.ve.laː/
• Hyphenation: ev‧ve‧la

Adverb

evvela

1. firstly, in the first place, first of all

   Synonyms: önce, ilk önce, öncelikle, ilkin

Further reading

• “evvela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “evvela”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1524