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Kazakh
Etymology
Cognate with Kyrgyz -лык (-lık), Turkish -lık, Azerbaijani -lik.
Suffix
-лік • (-lık)
- used to form abstract nouns from adjectives
- азат (azat, “free, independent”) + -лік (-lık) → азаттық (azattyq, “freedom, liberty”)
- used to form abstract adjectives
- аймақ (aimaq, “region”) + -лік (-lık) → аймақтық (aimaqtyq, “regional”)
- used to denote place or origin, birth, or residence of a person
- Алматы (Almaty, “Almaty”) + -лік (-lık) → Алматылық (Almatylyq, “ from Almaty”)
Derived terms