çekinti

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چكنمك (çekinmek, “to pull, to draw on to one's self, 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, drive towards oneself”),[2][3] morphologically çek- +‎ -in +‎ -ti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃe.cinˈti/
  • Hyphenation: çe‧kin‧ti

Noun

çekinti (definite accusative çekintiyi, plural çekintiler)

  1. A pause due to hesitation, indecisiveness; reservation.
    Synonyms: çekince, tereddüt

Declension

Declension of çekinti
singular plural
nominative çekinti çekintiler
definite accusative çekintiyi çekintileri
dative çekintiye çekintilere
locative çekintide çekintilerde
ablative çekintiden çekintilerden
genitive çekintinin çekintilerin

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چكنمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 727
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çek-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 413
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çek-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • “çekinti”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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