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çekinmek

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, çek- +‎ -in +‎ -mek. Compare Turkish çekinmek (to hesitate).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: çe‧kin‧mek

Verb

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çekinmek

  1. to be ashamed, to be embarrassed

Derived terms

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References

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish چكنمك (çekinmek). By surface analysis, çek- +‎ -in +‎ -mek.

Verb

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çekinmek (third-person singular simple present çekinir)

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

Conjugation

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References

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  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چكنمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 727
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN