aheste aheste
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آهسته آهسته (āheste āheste),[1][2] from Persian آهسته (âheste),[3] equivalent to reduplication of aheste (“slow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (poetic) slowly
- Synonyms: yavaş yavaş, yavaşça, ağır ağır
- Alma mazlumun ahını, çıkar aheste aheste. ― Avoid the curse of the oppressed, it will befall slowly (but eventually).
References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آهسته آهسته”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 280
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آهسته آهسته”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 41
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aheste”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “aheste aheste”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “aheste aheste”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 151