şimdi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شمدی (şimdi), from earlier شو امدی (şu imdi), from Old Anatolian Turkish امدی (emdi, imdi), from Proto-Turkic *em- (“now”). Cognate with Turkmen şindi (“now”), Azerbaijani indi, Southern Altai эмди (emdi), Tatar инде (inde, “now”), Tuvan ам (am, “now”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃim.di/

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• Hyphenation: şim‧di

Adverb

şimdi

1. now
2. just now

Usage notes

• In the derived terms below, and rarely otherwise, may take suffixes normally applied to nouns.

Synonyms

• şu anda

Derived terms

• şimdiki (“present; present-day; immediate”)
• şimdiden (“in advance; beforehand”)
• şimdiden sonra (“from now on”)
• şimdilik (“at present; for now”)
• şimdiye kadar (until now)