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Hungarian
Etymology
Probably a compound suffix from al (“past, over”) + -an (adverb-forming suffix) meaning past a certain time, space or number.[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-lan
- (adverb-forming suffix, rare, archaic) Usually added to words ending in the terminative case suffix -ig (“until, till, up to”) and it means the inclusion of the mentioned boundary (not just up to the boundary).
- életfogytig + -lan → életfogytiglan
- Az egész falu leégett az utolsó háziglan. ― The entire village burned down to the last house. (No house was spared in the fire.)
Usage notes
- (adverb-forming suffix) Variants:
- -lan is added to back-vowel words
- -len is added to front-vowel words
Derived terms
References
Turkish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From part of Ottoman Turkish ـلنمق (lanmak, passive infinitive suffix after back vowels). Analyzable as -la (forms verbs from nouns) + -n (reflexive marker).
Suffix
| preceding vowel
|
| A / I / O / U
|
E / İ / Ö / Ü
|
| -lan
|
-len
|
-lan
- Form of -len after the vowels A / I / O / U.
- hasta (“ill, sick”) + -lan → hastalanmak (“to get sick”)
- kaygı (“anxiety”) + -lan → kaygılanmak (“to get anxious”)
Derived terms
See -len.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-lan.
Suffix
-lan
- Noun-forming suffix frequently denoting a "wild and predatory animal".
Derived terms