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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ـگی (-gi), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو (-gü), from Proto-Turkic *-gü.
Suffix
-gı
- Suffix creating a new word related to its root.
- çalmak (“to play(an instrument)”) + -gı → çalgı (“instrument”)
- almak (“to take”) + -gı → algı (“perception”)
- saymak (“to respect, to count”) + -gı → saygı (“respect”)
Derived terms
Category Turkish terms suffixed with -gı not found