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Uyghur
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-či.
Suffix
ـچى • (-chi)
- noun-forming suffixes
- Joined to one group of nouns, it forms nouns which indicate those engaged in the action or occupation related to the object expressed by the noun.
- ئىشچى ― ishchi ― worker
- When attached to some nouns, it forms nouns which indicate those who belong to a belief, school of thought, tendency, organization or group that is related to what that noun, or the object represented by that noun, expresses.
- ماركىسىزمچى ― markisizmchi ― Marxist
- مىللەتچى ― milletchi ― nationalist
- شەخسىيەتچى ― shexsiyetchi ― individualist, selfish person
- adjective-forming suffixes
- Besides being a noun-formation suffix, when attached to certain nouns this suffix also forms adjectives which indicate a characteristic that tends towards the object expressed by that noun.
- چاتاقچى ― chataqchi ― trouble-making, fault-finding
Derived terms