gitgide
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كت كیده or كیت كیده (git gide),[1] from كتمك (gitmek), equivalent to compound of git (“to go”, 2nd P. Sg. imperative) + gide (3rd P. Sg. optative).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɟit.ɟi.de/
- Hyphenation: git‧gi‧de
Adverb
gitgide
- gradually, progressively, by degrees as time goes by
- Synonyms: gittikçe, gide gide, giderek, yavaş yavaş, (archaic) tedricen
Related terms
- gelen giden
- gelgit
- gide gele
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كیت كیده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1064
Further reading
- “gitgide”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gitgide”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1724
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