ara ara

== Japanese == === Romanization === ara ara 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 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 ==== === Further reading === “ara ara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ara ara”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 271