kaşınmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قاشینمق (ḳaşınmaḳ, reflexive; to scratch one's self, to itch),[1] from Ottoman Turkish قاشیمق (ḳaşımaḳ, transitive; to scratch with the nails), from Proto-Turkic *kaĺı- (to scrape, to scratch),[2] morphologically kaşı- + -n- + -mak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʃɯnˈmak/

Verb

kaşınmak (third-person singular simple present kaşınır)

  1. (intransitive) To itch, to feel itchy.
  2. (reflexive) To scratch oneself.
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To itch for trouble, to ask for trouble.

Conjugation

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاشینمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1416
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kaşı-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • kaşınmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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