-kâr

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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

  1. 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