ایچون

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *üčün.

Postposition

اِیچُونْ • (içün)

  1. for

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: üçün
  • Gagauz: için
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایچون (içün), (late Ottoman Turkish) ایچین (için)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • (late Ottoman Turkish) ایچین (için)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اِیچُونْ (içün), from Proto-Turkic *üčün.

Postposition

ایچون • (içün, için)

  1. for, because of
  2. on account of
  3. in order to

Usage notes

  • There was a tendency for rounded suffixes to become unrounded in late Ottoman Turkish, in this case changing ü to i. Spelling lagged pronunciation and ایچون was often written for the sound için.

Descendants

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