ağır ağır

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Reduplication of ağır, inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغر آغر[1] or آغیر آغیر (aġır aġır, slowly),[2] from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (heavy).[3][4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈɰɯɾ.a.ɰɯɾ/, (colloquial) /ˈaːɾ.aːɾ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ğır‧a‧ğır

Adverb

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ağır ağır

  1. slowly, at a slow pace
    Synonyms: yavaş yavaş, yavaşça, usulca, aheste aheste
  2. carefully and meticulously
  3. In a full, weighty manner.
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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آغر آغر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 148
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آغیر آغیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 24
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*iagɨr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ağır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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