siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)
çekim: çoğul siestas
zıt: duermevela
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour; noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”). Doublet of sexto and sesma. Cognate with Catalan and Portuguese sesta.
köken: Of Central Italian origin (given by the -nd- > -nn- assimilation, compare Italian annare) from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, from Latin pendere (“hang”).
nap (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
çekim: çoğul sestas
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese sesta, from Latin sexta (hora), feminine of sextus (“sixth”), from sex (“six”). Doublet of sexta. Cognate with Spanish siesta.