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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صیغنمق (sığınmak).
Verb
sığınmak (third-person singular simple present sığınır)
- (with dative) to take shelter in
- Utanç içinde bir köşeye sığınmış. ― He took refuge in a corner in shame.
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صیغنمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 779b