evvel ahir

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اول آخر (evvel āḫir),[1] from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal) and آخِر (ʔāḵir),[2][3] equivalent to evvel (“before, first”) +‎ ahir (“after, last”). Cognates with Azerbaijani əvvəl-axır, Turkmen owal-ahyr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /evˈvel.aːhiɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ev‧vel‧a‧hir

Adverb

evvel ahir

  1. (archaic) sooner or later
    Synonyms: er geç, er ya da geç, eninde sonunda, önünde sonunda, sonunda

References
  1. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اول آخر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 199
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “evvel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ahir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
  • “evvel ahir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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