takıntı

From Ottoman Turkish طاقنمق (ṭaḳınmaḳ, “to assume, to put on, to wear”),^[1] from Ottoman Turkish طاقمق (ṭaḳmaḳ, “to put, to affix, to attach”), from Proto-Turkic *tak- (“to attach, to bind to, to affix”),^[2][3] morphologically tak- +‎ -ın +‎ -tı.

• IPA^(key): /ta.kɯnˈtɯ/
• Hyphenation: ta‧kın‧tı

takıntı (definite accusative takıntıyı, plural takıntılar)

1. An unresolved issue or a thought that persists in one's mind.
2. (psychology) Being clinically preoccupied with or focused on something, or the thing one is preoccupied with or focused on; obsession.
3. A small and insignificant debt.
4. (education) A class subject a student has failed and has to take a makeup exam on.
5. (slang) A person one is in a relationship with, often implied to be of a casual nature.

• “takıntı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu