hâlâ

Alternative forms

• hala

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حالا, from Arabic حَالًا (ḥālan), adverbial accusative of حَال (ḥāl). Doublet of hâlen and hâl. Compare Azerbaijani hələ (“still, yet”), Bashkir әле (əle, “still, yet”), Kazakh әлі (älı, “still, yet”), Kyrgyz али (ali, “still, as yet; just now”), and Uzbek hali (“still, yet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhaːlaː]
• Hyphenation: hâ‧lâ

Adverb

hâlâ

1. still, yet

   Synonym: hâlen

   • 2011, “Değmesin Ellerimiz [Don’t Let Our Hands Touch]”, in Diğer Masallar [Other Stories], performed by Model:

     Ah, ne zormuş “Bitsin” demek / Hâlâ severken seni

     Ah, how hard it is to say “Let it end” / While still loving you

References

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