giderek
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كیدهرك (giderek),[1] from كتمك (gitmek), equivalent to git- (“to go”) + -erek.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]giderek
- gradually, progressively, by degrees as time goes by
- Synonyms: gitgide, gide gide, gittikçe, yavaş yavaş, (archaic) tedricen
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كیدهرك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1525
Further reading
[edit]- “giderek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “giderek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1716