çekingen

== Turkish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃe.cinˈɟen/ Hyphenation: çe‧kin‧gen === Adjective === çekingen Shy, abstaining habitually, timid, reserved. Synonyms: ürkek, tutuk, (dated) muhteriz ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “çekingen”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çekingen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 916