Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish قاشینمق (ḳaşınmaḳ, reflexive; to scratch one's self, to itch),[1] from Ottoman Turkish قاشیمق (ḳaşımaḳ, transitive; to scratch with the nails), from Proto-Turkic *kaĺı- (to scrape, to scratch),[2] morphologically kaşı- +‎ -n- +‎ -mak.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kaşınmak (third-person singular simple present kaşınır)

  1. (intransitive) To itch, to feel itchy.
  2. (reflexive) To scratch oneself.
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To itch for trouble, to ask for trouble.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاشینمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1416
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaşı-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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  • kaşınmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu