Where does “oralı olmak” come from?

oralı olmak (Turkish) comes from Turkish ora, from Ottoman Turkish اورا, from Ottoman Turkish او, from Ottoman Turkish اول, from Arabic أَوَّل — first.

oralı olmak (Turkish): to pay attention, to pay heed

Definitions

  1. to pay attention, to pay heed

Ancestry of “oralı olmak”, step by step

oralı olmak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish ora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishorathere
2Ottoman Turkishاوراthat place; there
3Ottoman Turkishاوhouse; he, she, it; that
4Ottoman Turkishاولhe, she, it
5Arabicأَوَّلfirst

via Turkish olmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkisholmakto become, come to exist, come into being; to...
2Turkish-işDerives nouns from verbs
3Ottoman Turkishـش—
4Old Anatolian Turkishـش—
5Proto-Turkic-ilForms deverbal nouns
Every word from Arabic أَوَّل →