çekinti
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
çekinti (definite accusative çekintiyi, plural çekintiler)
- A pause due to hesitation, indecisiveness; reservation.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | çekinti | |
| Definite accusative | çekintiyi | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | çekinti | çekintiler |
| Definite accusative | çekintiyi | çekintileri |
| Dative | çekintiye | çekintilere |
| Locative | çekintide | çekintilerde |
| Ablative | çekintiden | çekintilerden |
| Genitive | çekintinin | çekintilerin |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چكنمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 727
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çek-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 413
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çek-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “çekinti”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu