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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
- 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