ـگر
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (-kl /-(ī)gar, -(ī)kar/), [script needed] (-kʾl /-(ī)gār, -(ī)kār/),[1] from Old Persian *-kara-, *-kāra.[2] Compare Central Kurdish ـگەر (ger), ـگار (gar), Armenian -կար (-kar), Hindustani ـکَار (-kār) / -कार (-kār).
Suffix
ـگر • (-gar)
Descendants
- → Kazakh: -гер (-ger)
See also
References
- ^ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2007) Introduction to Pahlavi, Cambridge, page 118: “-gar (-kar), -gār (-kār): These suffixes make nouns and adjectives meaning “doer of X, making X.” The form with -k- is found after the suffix -ag, which then keeps its older form -ak. They sometimes take an additional -ī-.”
- ^ R. Schmitt H., W. Bailey (1986) “Armenian and Iran IV: Iranian influences in Armenian Language”, in Encyclopedia Iranica Online: “–kar “doing, making”: awgt-a-kar “profitable” (from awgowt “profit”); vnas-a-kar “hurtful” (from vnas “damage”), etc.; from Ir. *-kara-/-kāra, cf. Parth., Mid. Pers. –gar/-gār (Old Pers. zūrakara– “evildoer,” Mid. Pers. wināhgār “sinner”).”