nazlanmak
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نازلانمق, equivalent to naz (“coyness, coquetry”) + -la (verbalizing suffix) + -n (passive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naz.ɫanˈmak/
Verb
nazlanmak
- to coquet, to act coyly or coquettishly, to feign reluctance, to play hard to get
Further reading
- “nazlanmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “nazlanmak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “nazlanmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3503