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Crimean Tatar
Adverb
şimdilik
- for now, for the time being
References
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شمدیلك (şimdilik),[1][2] from شمدی (şimdi),[3] equivalent to şimdi (“now, the present time”) + -lik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃim.di.lic/
- Hyphenation: şim‧di‧lik
Adverb
şimdilik
- for now, for the time being
- Synonym: (dated) muvakkaten
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شمدیلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1136
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شمدیلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 733
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şimdi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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