çekingen

Meaning

Shy, abstaining habitually, timid, reserved.

Concepts

coy

diffident

mouse

🐭

withdraw

strange

undemonstrative

retiring

scary

shy

reserved

backward

Synonyms

ürkek

utangaç

sıkılgan

mahcup

korkak

idareli

muhteriz

ihtiyatlı

kapalı

öngörülü

kendine güveni olmayan

Translations

timide

schüchtern

timido

zurückhaltend

zaghaft

tímido

spröde

craintif

😟

défiant

réservé

farouche

scheu

schamhaft

ohne Selbstvertrauen

mädchenhaft

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃe.cinˈɟen/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: چكمك

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.