varhainen

From Proto-Finnic *varahainën, equivalent to varha- (dialectal adjective varas) +‎ -inen; see varhain.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrhɑi̯nen/, [ˈʋɑ̝rhɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑrhɑinen
• Syllabification^(key): var‧hai‧nen
• Hyphenation^(key): var‧hai‧nen

varhainen (comparative varhaisempi, superlative varhaisin)

1. early (near the start of the day or something else; at a time in advance of the usual)

   Synonym: aikainen

   varhainen aamu ― early morning

   varhainen herätys ― an early awakening

2. early (among the first of its kind; belonging to the early stage of something)

   varhainen impressionisti ― an early impressionist

   varhainen pronssikausi ― the early Bronze Age

Compared to aikainen, varhainen is not used that often to mean “early” in the sense “arriving a time before expected”.

• varhain
• varhennus
• varhentaa

• “varhainen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023