Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish چكنمك(çekinmek).

Verb edit

çekinmek (third-person singular simple present çekinir)

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

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

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