geçenlerde
Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كچنلرده (geçenlerde),[1][2] from كچمك (geçmek),[3] equivalent to geç- (“to pass through, by, into”) + -en (adjectival participle suffix) + -ler (plural suffix) + -de (locative suffix), literally “in the ones that have passed”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]geçenlerde
- recently, the other day, lately
- Synonyms: yakında, yakınlarda, son zamanlarda, (archaic) ahiren
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كچنلرده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1528
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كچنلرده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1015
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “geç-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “geçenlerde”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu