tökezlemek
Meaning
- (intransitive) to stumble, trip, stagger, tottle, falter
- (figuratively, intransitive) to stumble, fumble the bag: to make a mistake or a blunder
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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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