esnasında

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اثناسنده (esnasında), third person possession locative singular of esna (from Arabic أَثْنَاءَ (ʔaṯnāʔa)). Compare similar formations arasında and etrafında.

Postposition

esnasında

  1. while, during
    Synonym: sırasında
    • 1939 September 26, headline in İkdam (Sabah Postası):
      Alman bombardımanı esnasında binlerce hasta ve çocuk öldü.
      During the German bombardment, thousands of sick people and children died.

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “esna”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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