ikide bir

Turkish

Alternative forms

ikide birde

Etymology

Compound of iki (“two”) +‎ -de (locative suffix) +‎ bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”), literally “one (once) in two”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.ciˈde.biɾ/
Hyphenation: i‧ki‧de‧bir

Adverb

ikide bir

Very frequently, over and over again, persistently.
Synonyms: sık sık, zırt pırt, sıkça, sıklıkla

Further reading

“ikide bir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ikide bir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2121

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