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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـكار (-kâr), from Classical Persian ـکَار (-kār), from Middle Persian (kʾl /kār/), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /caɾ/,
- Hyphenation: -kâr
Suffix
-kâr
- Suffix appended to nouns and adjectives to derive nouns denoting the agent of an action or possessor of a state
- isyan (“rebellion”) + -kâr → isyankâr (“rebellious”)
- sahte (“fake”) + -kâr → sahtekâr (“fraudulent”)
Derived terms