gergin
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كركین (gergin, “stretched, tight, taut, strained”), equivalent to germek + -gin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɟɛɾ.ɟin/
Adjective
gergin
- nervous
Derived terms
- gerginlik
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كركین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1540