esnasında

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اثناسنده‎ (esnasında), third person possession locative singular of esna (from Arabic أَثْنَاءَ‎ (ʔaṯnāʔa)). Compare similar formations arasında and etrafında.

Postposition

esnasında

  1. while, during
    • 1939 September 26, headline in İkdam (Sabah Postası):
      Alman bombardımanı esnasında binlerce hasta ve çocuk öldü.
      During the German bombardment, thousands of sick people and children died.

Synonyms

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “esna”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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