çekingen

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چكنمك (çekinmek, to draw back and recoil, through fear, scruple or dislike),[1] from Ottoman Turkish چكمك (çekmek, to pull, to draw, to attract), from Proto-Turkic *ček- (to pull, to drive towards oneself),[2][3] morphologically çek- +‎ -in +‎ -gen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃe.cinˈɟen/
  • Hyphenation: çe‧kin‧gen

Adjective

çekingen

  1. Shy, abstaining habitually, timid, reserved.
    Synonyms: ürkek, tutuk, (dated) muhteriz

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References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نسبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2080
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çek-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 413
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çekingen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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