çətin

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Uncertain. Nişanyan derives it from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (çat-, “to hit, to smash”) (modern Turkish çatmak). Compare Turkish çetin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ʃæˈtin], [t͡sæˈtin]
Hyphenation: çə‧tin

Adjective

çətin (comparative daha çətin, superlative ən çətin)

difficult
Synonyms: ağır, müşkül, düşvar (archaic)

Derived terms

çətinlik (“difficulty”)

Antonyms

asan

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çetin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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