ara sıra

== Turkish == === Alternative forms === arada sırada === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آرا صره (ara ṣıra), from آرا or آره (ara) and صره (ṣıra), equivalent to ara (“space, place between two things, interval”) +‎ sıra (“line, order, sequence, turn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈɾa.sɯ.ɾa/ Hyphenation: a‧ra‧sı‧ra === Adverb === ara sıra sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time Synonyms: arada bir, bazen, bazı bazı, kimi vakit, kimi zaman, zaman zaman, (archaic) kâh ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “ara sıra”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ara sıra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 273