gergin

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كركین‎ (gergin, “stretched, tight, taut, strained”), equivalent to germek +‎ -gin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɟɛɾ.ɟin/

Adjective

gergin

nervous

Derived terms

gerginlik

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كركین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1540

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