çekingen

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • çekingen davranmak
  • çekingence
  • çekingenlik

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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