to stimulate · to incite · to turn on someone sexually
çekim: geçmiş διήγειρα · ortaç έχοντας διεγείρει · şimdiki διεγείρει · ulaç διεγείροντας
eş: αναστατώνω, εξάπτω, ερεθίζω
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek διεγείρω (diegeírō, “wake up; raise”) from δια- (dia-) and ἐγείρω (egeírō, “raise”). By surface analysis, δι- (δια-) + εγείρω (egeíro, “raise”). For psychological and sexual senses, semantic loan from French exciter.
to irritate, annoy (mentally and/or physically); to bother, exasperate, irk, rub someone the wrong way (mentally) · to tease, harass, hector · to stimulate
çekim: geçmiş ärsyttänyt · şimdiki ärsyttäisi · ulaç ärsyttävä
köken: From ärtyä + -ttää. The change from -t- to -s- is dialectal variation and unexplained; the expected form, ärryttää is found in dialects and can be seen in cognates like Estonian ärritama, Karelian ärrytteä and Livonian ertļõ.
to trim, raise or draw out (the wick so that it may burn bright) · to stimulate; excite, instigate, incite, stir up · to urge (one to do something); motivate
çekim: geçmiş past of தூண்டிவிட்டிரு (tūṇṭiviṭṭiru) · ortaç தூண்டிய · şimdiki தூண்டுகிறார் · ulaç தூண்டுகிற
köken: Cognate with Kannada ದೂಡು (dūḍu), Kota (India) [script needed] (tūṇḍ), Malayalam ചൂണ്ടുക (cūṇṭuka), Tulu ದೂಡುನಿ (dūḍuni).
köken: From Arabic هَجَّجَ (hajjaja, “to fan flames, to fire up”) with irregular fortition of h to ħ as also, for example, in ħarab and ħejja. Compare related Maltese ħuġġieġa (“bonfire”).