-nok

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See also: nok, NOK, nők, -nók, -nök, -nők, and นก

Hungarian

Etymology

Of Slavic origin. Compare Serbo-Croatian -nik, Russian -ник (-nik). Both udvar (“court”) and udvarnok (“courtier”) were loanwords. Based on these two words, the -nok suffix was formed and attached to other words.[1]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-nok

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a word to form the name of an occupation.
    ‎dal (“song”) + ‎-nok → ‎dalnok (“singer”)

Usage notes

  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -nok is added to back-vowel words
    ‎dal (“song”) + ‎-nok → ‎dalnok (“singer”)
    -nek is added to unrounded front-vowel words
    eretnek (“heretic”)
    -nök is added to rounded and some unrounded front-vowel words
    ‎ügy (“matter”) + ‎-nök → ‎ügynök (“agent”)
    ‎mér (“to measure”) + ‎-nök → ‎mérnök (“engineer”)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -nok

See also

References

  1. ^ -nok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
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