ara ara

See also: ara-ara

Japanese

Romanization

ara ara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あらあら

Turkish

Etymology

Reduplication of ara (“interval, space or time between two things”). Compare Kazakh ара-арасында (ara-arasynda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɾa.a.ɾa/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ra‧a‧ra

Adverb

ara ara

  1. 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.

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