ara ara
See also: ara-ara
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese あらあら (Japanese for "oh dear"), popularized around March 2019.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]- (Internet slang) Used to express admiration or an typically reaction, Often used in a women speech.
- ara ara, are you alone, little boy?
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of ara (“interval, space or time between two things”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- from time to time, sometimes
- Synonyms: zaman zaman, vakit vakit, ara sıra, arada, arada bir, bir ara, bazen
- Televizyon yayını ara ara kesildi. ― The television broadcast was interrupted from time to time.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ara ara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ara ara”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 271
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