derken.
and then (used for instantaneous actions that occur during the course of a longer action in recounting a past event)
Meaning & usage
and then (used for instantaneous actions that occur during the course of a longer action in recounting a past event)
Derken o geldi.
while (used for unintended, often unwanted, actions that happen while doing something else)
Dolaba eşyaları kaldırayım derken kafamı kapağına çarptım.
Evden hızlıca çıkayım derken telefonumu unutmuşum.
what I mean by …
Et derken kırmızı etten bahsediyorum.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیر ایكن, دیركن, equivalent to der (third-person singular indicative aorist of demek) + -ken (“while”), literally “while saying”.
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