See also: piskin

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پشكین (pişkin).[1] By surface analysis, piş- ((int.) to cook, to bake; to mature) +‎ -kin.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /piʃˈcin/
  • Hyphenation: piş‧kin

Adjective edit

pişkin

  1. well cooked, well done
  2. That which cooks quickly.
  3. (figuratively) brazen, unabashed, bold-faced
  4. (figuratively) mature, hardened, veteran

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پشكین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 449

Further reading edit