ekşimek

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to sour, to become sour
  2. to become ferment
  3. (slang) to be ashamed, embarrassed
  4. (slang) to harass, to importune
  5. to lour, to frown

Synonyms

Translations

s’aigrir

sauer werden

sich säuern

s’acidifier

tirş bûn

acetificum

اِسْتَخْزَى

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɛcʃimɛc]
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish اكشیمك (ekşimek, “to turn sour, become acid, become disagreeable or cross”), from Proto-Turkic *ekši- (“to be sour, bitter”). Cognate with Chagatai [script needed] (ekşimek, “to be sour”), Turkmen egşitmek.

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