çekingen

Senso (Inglese)

Shy, abstaining habitually, timid, reserved.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/t͡ʃe.cinˈɟen/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish چكنمك (çekinmek, “to draw back and recoil, through fear, scruple or dislike”), from Ottoman Turkish چكمك (çekmek, “to pull, to draw, to attract”), from Proto-Turkic *ček- (“to pull, to drive towards oneself”), morphologically çek- + -in + -gen.

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