/a/ 1. at ... to (used of time): saat dokuza on kala at ten to nine. 2. (a time) before: bitmesine bir saat kala an hour before it ended. 3. from, before reaching (a place): kente üç kilometre kala three kilometers from the city.
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* at ... to [(used of time):]
saat dokuza on kala
at ten to nine.
* (a time) before:
bitmesine bir saat kala
an hour before it ended.
* from, before reaching (a place):
kente üç kilometre kala
three kilometers from the city.