tedirgin

== Turkish == === Alternative forms === dedirgin === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیدركین (dedirgin), from Old Anatolian Turkish ددرکون (dedürgün), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tet- (“to strive, exert; bold, hero; clever, reasonable; cheerful, vigorous”), whence also tetik (“vigilant, alert”) and didin- (“to strive”). Cognate with Azerbaijani didərgin and akin to the borrowed Armenian դադարգյուն (dadargyun). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /te.diɾ.ɟin/ === Adjective === tedirgin nervous ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Armenian: տէտիրկին (tētirkin) — Constantinople === References === Tietze, Andreas (2002), “dedürgün”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul, Vienna: Simurg Kitapçılık, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 573b