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Proto-Turkic
| preceding vowel
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| A / Ï / O / U
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E / I / Ö / Ü
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| *-ak
|
*-ek
|
Etymology
Nişanyan compares the Iranic diminutive suffix 𐭪 (-ak), whence Persian ـک (-ak).
Suffix
*-ak
- Forms denominal dimunitive nouns.
- Synonyms: *-čük, *-čak, *-č, *-ik
- *ogul (“child, son”) + *-ak → *oglak (“kid”)
Derived terms
References
- Erdal, Marcel (1991) Old Turkic Word Formation, volume I, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 40
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xli
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+Ak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
