π°π°π°€
Old Turkic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-zΓΌn. Cognate with Turkish -sin
Suffix
π°π°π°€ (-zΓΌn)
- Suffix forming third person imperative
- βπ°π°Ί (bar-, βto goβ) + βπ°π°π°€ (zΓΌnΒ²) β βπ°π°Ίπ°π°π°£ (barzun, βhe/she/it must go!β)
Alternative forms
- π°π°π°£- (-zun)
- π°²π°π°£- (-Δun) (Orkhon Turkic)
Related terms
- π°π°€ (-eyin, βfirst person singular imperative suffixβ)
- π°π° (-gil, βsecond person singular imperative suffixβ)
- π° π°’ (-elim, βfirst person plural imperative suffixβ)
- π° (-iΕ, βsecond person plural imperative suffixβ)
References
- Tekin, TalΓ’t (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, βISBN, page 187