şimdi

Meaning

  1. now
  2. just now

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
şim‧di
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃim.di/
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”).

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