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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بر آن اول (bir an evvel),[1][2] from بر (bir) + آن (an) + اول (evvel), equivalent to compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) + an (“moment”) + evvel (“before, first, earlier”), literally “one moment earlier”. Cognates with Azerbaijani bir an əvvəl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiɾ.an.ev.vel/
- Hyphenation: bir‧an‧ev‧vel
Adverb
bir an evvel
- as soon as possible, immediately
- Synonyms: bir an önce, bir gün evvel, bir gün önce, bir ayak evvel, bir ayak önce, hemen
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