tökezlemek

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to stumble, trip, stagger, tottle, falter
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) to stumble, fumble the bag: to make a mistake or a blunder

Concepts

Synonyms

sersemlemek

çakışmayacak şekilde düzenlemek

Translations

berhelist

hulkumîn

şelifîn

terpilîn

tilpekî bûn

werqilîn

عَثَرَ

Pronounced as (IPA)
/tø.cez.leˈmec/
Etymology

By surface analysis, tökez- + -le, itself from Ottoman Turkish توكزیمك (tökezimek), further origin uncertain. According to Çağbayır, ultimately from the dialectal word tök (“back”). According to Nişanyan, related to dökmek (“to pour”).

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