हळूहळू

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi हळूहळू (haḷūhaḷū). Reduplication of हळू (haḷū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦə.ɭ̆uɦ.ɭ̆u/, [ɦə.ɭ̆u.ɭ̆uː]

Adverb

हळूहळू • (haḷūhḷū)

1. gradually

   परिस्थिती हळूहळू सुधारेल.

   paristhitī haḷūhḷū sudhārel.

   The situation will improve gradually.

References

• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “हळूहळू”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan