birdenbire

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بردن بره‎ (birden bire, “all of a sudden”)[1], compound of bir (“a, one, indefinite determiner”) +‎ -den (ablative suffix) +‎ bir +‎ -e (dative suffix), literally “from one to one”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biɾˈden.bi.ɾe/
  • Hyphenation: bir‧den‧bi‧re

Adverb

birdenbire

  1. all of a sudden, suddenly, abruptly, instantly
    Synonyms: birden, ansızın, apansızın, aniden

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بردن بره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 350

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