ağır ağır

Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of ağır, inherited from Ottoman Turkish آغر آغر‎[1] or آغیر آغیر‎ (aġır aġır, “slowly”),[2] from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”).[3][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈɰɯɾ.a.ɰɯɾ/, (colloquial) /aːˈɾ.aːɾ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ğır‧a‧ğır

Adverb

ağır ağır

  1. slowly, at a slow pace
    Synonyms: yavaş yavaş, yavaşça, usulca, aheste aheste
  2. carefully and meticulously
  3. In a full, weighty manner.

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آغر آغر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 148
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), “آغیر آغیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 24
  3. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*iagɨr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ağır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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