çekinmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چكنمك‎ (çekinmek).

Verb

çekinmek (third-person singular simple present çekinir)

  1. to hesitate to do something, to hold back; to draw back

References
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چكنمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 727
  • The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN
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