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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Turkic *-či + *-l.
Suffix
ـجیل • (-cil)
- Forms names of predators from names of prey
- طاوشان (tavşan, “hare”) + ـجیل → طاوشانجیل (tavşancıl, “eagle”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-cıl”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 794
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 454
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 667