Meaning

  1. now
  2. just now

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃim.di/
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish شمدی (şimdi), from Old Anatolian Turkish شمدی (şimdi), itself from an earlier اوش امدی (uş imdi), from Proto-Common Turkic *oš emdi, from Proto-Turkic *em- (“now”). By surface analysis, uş + imdi. Cognate with Turkmen and Gagauz şindi (“now”), Azerbaijani indi, Southern Altai эмди (emdi), Tatar инде (inde, “now”), Tuvan ам (am, “now”).

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