quandary, jam, pickle (dilemma, a difficult decision or choice)
eş: Verlegenheit, Schwierigkeiten, Bedrängnis, Klemme, Zwickmühle, Patsche
köken: Borrowed from French bredouille.
🔊 Da war ich ganz schön in der Bredouille.
enigma, puzzle (anything difficult to understand or make sense of) · riddle
çekim: çoğul énigmes
eş: casse-tête, devinette, mystère, secret
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin aenigma.
enigma, conundrum (something that is puzzling) · riddle, conundrum
çekim: çoğul enigmas
eş: acertijo, adivinanza, parábola, arcano, incógnita, misterio
köken: From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).
mystery, enigma, secret, puzzle
çekim: çoğul misteri
eş: arcano, enigma, oscurità, segreto, incognita, rebus
puzzle (anything difficult to understand or make sense of); enigma, mystery
çekim: çoğul müəmmalar · tamlayan müəmmanın
köken: From Arabic مُعَمًّى (muʕamman).
aile: müəmmalı
mysterious
çekim: çoğul жұмбақтар · tamlayan жұмбақтың
köken: From Proto-Turkic *jom(ŋ)ak (“tale, legend; riddle”). Cognate with Bashkir йомаҡ (yomaq, “riddle”), Uzbek yumboq (“riddle”), Kyrgyz жомок (jomok, “epic tale; fairy-tale”), Khakas нымах (nımax, “epic tale; fairy-tale”), Yakut номох (nomoq, “tale”), etc.
🔊 жұмбақ адам
🔊 жұмбақ жағдай
puzzle, brainteaser, brain twister · conundrum
çekim: çoğul башватҡыстар · tamlayan башватҡыстың
köken: баш "head" + ват- "to break" + -ҡыс "tool suffix". Calqued from Russian головоломка (golovolomka) ("brainteaser").
mystery
çekim: çoğul mysteries
köken: From Latin mysterium, ultimately from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion).
aile: mysterieroman
enigma
çekim: çoğul enigmas
köken: Borrowed from Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).
riddle, puzzle · enigma
çekim: çoğul αινίγματα · tamlayan αινίγματος
eş: γρίφος, μυστήριο, σπαζοκεφαλιά
köken: From the Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma).
aile: αινιγματικός, αινιγματικότητα
trouble, difficulty
köken: Sino-Korean word from 困境.
riddle; verbal puzzle
çekim: çoğul gåtor · tamlayan gåtas
köken: From Old Norse gáta.
stumper, riddle, puzzle, enigma
çekim: çoğul zagadki · tamlayan zagadki
eş: enigma, tajemnica, węzeł gordyjski
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰe? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰō Proto-Balto-Slavic *źō Proto-Slavic *za Proto-Slavic *za- Old Polish za- Polish za- Proto-Slavic *gādàti Old Polish gadać Polish gadać Polish zagadać Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish zagadka From zagadać + -ka. Compare Russian загадка (zagadka).
aile: zagadkowy, zagadkowość, mówić zagadkami
puzzle, mystery, riddle · tangle, knot · complication, difficulty
çekim: çoğul गुत्थियाँ
köken: From गूँथना (gū̃thnā, “to intertwine, to entangle”).
riddle, puzzle, enigma (a verbal puzzle or mystery) · puzzle, enigma (anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of) · conundrum, brain-teaser (difficult question, puzzle or riddle)
çekim: çoğul arvoitukset · tamlayan arvoituksen
köken: arva- + -oittaa + -us
aile: arvoituksellinen, kuva-arvoitus, sana-arvoitus
difficulty, problem
çekim: çoğul potíže · tamlayan potíže
eş: problém, komplikace, obtíž, patálie, nesnáz, lapálie
köken: From po- + tíže.
🔊 vyvolat potíž
🔊 menstruační potíže
enigma
çekim: çoğul enigme · tamlayan enigme
köken: Borrowed from French énigme, from Latin aenigma.
aile: enigmatic
mystery (something secret or unexplainable)
çekim: çoğul rejtélyek
köken: rejt + -ély
aile: rejtélyes
a riddle, puzzle (entertaining task, e.g. a tricky question, a rebus or a picture puzzle where you have to guess or connect the correct answer) · a mystery, conundrum
çekim: çoğul gåder · tamlayan gådes
köken: From Norwegian gåte. Replaced gættelse and mørktale.