ertteden
/ertteden/
1. since long ago, from olden times, from way back — Points back to a distant starting point in the past.
- bu adet ertteden keledi — this custom comes down from long ago
- bizni halq mında ertteden jaşaydı — our people have lived here since long ago
- bu jol ertteden belgilidi — this road has been known since long ago
2. for a long time, long since — Used with a verb of ongoing action or feeling, saying how long it has been going on.
- biz anı ertteden tanıybız — we have known them for a long time
- men mında ertteden işleyme — I have been working here for a long time
- ala ertteden saqlaydıla — they have been waiting for a long time