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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish طاقنمق (ṭaḳınmaḳ, “to assume, to put on, to wear”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish طاقمق (ṭaḳmaḳ, “to put, to affix, to attach”), from Proto-Turkic *tak- (“to attach, to bind to, to affix”),[2][3] morphologically tak- + -ın + -tı.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.kɯnˈtɯ/
- Hyphenation: ta‧kın‧tı
Noun
takıntı (definite accusative takıntıyı, plural takıntılar)
- An unresolved issue or a thought that persists in one's mind.
- (psychology) Being clinically preoccupied with or focused on something, or the thing one is preoccupied with or focused on; obsession.
- A small and insignificant debt.
- (education) A class subject a student has failed and has to take a makeup exam on.
- (slang) A person one is in a relationship with, often implied to be of a casual nature.
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طاقنمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1225
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dAk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tak-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “takıntı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu