çekinmek
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish چكنمك (çekinmek).
Verb
çekinmek (third-person singular simple present çekinir)
- to hesitate to do something, to hold back; to draw back
Related terms
- çekmek
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چكنمك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 727
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN