mahcup

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Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محجوب (mahcûb, curtained, veiled, secluded, ashamed, bashful), from Arabic مَحْجُوب (maḥjūb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mahˈd͡ʒup/
  • Hyphenation: mah‧cup

Adjective

mahcup

  1. embarrassed, ashamed
  2. timid, mousy, shy
    Synonyms: utangaç, çekingen, sıkılgan, ürkek

Declension

Predicative forms of mahcup
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) mahcubum mahcup muyum?
sen (you are) mahcupsun mahcup musun?
o (he/she/it is) mahcup / mahcuptur mahcup mu?
biz (we are) mahcubuz mahcup muyuz?
siz (you are) mahcupsunuz mahcup musunuz?
onlar (they are) mahcup(lar) mahcup(lar) mı?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) mahcuptum mahcup muydum?
sen (you were) mahcuptun mahcup muydun?
o (he/she/it was) mahcuptu mahcup muydu?
biz (we were) mahcuptuk mahcup muyduk?
siz (you were) mahcuptunuz mahcup muydunuz?
onlar (they were) mahcuptular mahcup muydular?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) mahcupmuşum mahcup muymuşum?
sen (you were) mahcupmuşsun mahcup muymuşsun?
o (he/she/it was) mahcupmuş mahcup muymuş?
biz (we were) mahcupmuşuz mahcup muymuşuz?
siz (you were) mahcupmuşsunuz mahcup muymuşsunuz?
onlar (they were) mahcupmuşlar mahcup muymuşlar?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) mahcupsam mahcup muysam?
sen (if you) mahcupsan mahcup muysan?
o (if he/she/it) mahcupsa mahcup muysa?
biz (if we) mahcupsak mahcup muysak?
siz (if you) mahcupsanız mahcup muysanız?
onlar (if they) mahcupsalar mahcup muysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

Adverb

mahcup

  1. timidly, shyly

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محجوب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1760
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahcup”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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