teker teker

Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of teker, from tek (“one, only, alone”) +‎ -er (distributive number suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈceɾ.te.ceɾ/
• Hyphenation: te‧ker‧te‧ker

Adverb

teker teker

1. one by one, one at a time

   Synonyms: tek tek, birer birer

Related terms

• tek başına
• tek elden
• tek tük
• teke tek

 

Further reading

• “teker teker”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “teker teker”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4696