hemen

See also: he-men

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /emen/, [e̞.mẽ̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hemen/, [ɦe̞.mẽ̞n]

Adverb

hemen (not comparable)

1. here

See also

• hor, han

Further reading

• “hemen”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hemen”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːmən

Noun

hemen

1. plural of heem

Gagauz

Alternative forms

• emen

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish هَمَانْ (hämān), from Persian همان (hamân) Compare Turkish hemen, Azerbaijani həman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjemen/, /ˈçemen/
• (h-dropping) IPA^(key): /ˈjemˈen/

Adverb

hemen

1. now, immediately, instantly

   hemen git sora gel

   go right now then come back

2. just now

   hemen etişdiydim

   I caught up just now

   hemen bırdaydı

   he was here just now

Related terms

• hem

Further reading

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “хéмен”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 518
• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “hemen”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 79
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “hemen”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 39
• Baskakov, N. A. (1991) “hemen”, in İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 117

Hungarian

Etymology

hem +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛmɛn]
• Hyphenation: he‧men

Noun

hemen

1. superessive singular of hem

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish همان (hemen), from Persian همان (hamân, “simultaneously”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heˈmɛn/
• Hyphenation: he‧men

Adverb

hemen

1. immediately, without delay

   Synonym: çabucak

2. more or less

   Synonym: aşağı yukarı

Adjective

hemen

1. very (used before prepositions)

   Synonym: çok

   hemen yanında - very near (to it)

Synonyms

• derhâl, tezden, bir an önce, ivedilikle (immediately)
• hemen hemen, aşağı yukarı, neredeyse (more or less)

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “hemen”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “همان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1326a