iç çekmek

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Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایچ چكمك (iç çekmek, to sigh, to sob),[1] equivalent to compound of (inner, the inside, internal) +‎ çekmek (to pull, to draw, to absorb), literally to draw in, to pull in.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈit͡ʃ.t͡ʃec.mec/
  • Hyphenation: iç‧çek‧mek

Verb

çekmek (third-person singular simple present iç çeker)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To sigh deeply with sadness.
    Synonyms: iç geçirmek, göğüs geçirmek

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایچ چكمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 290

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