-лер
Kazakh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Common Turkic *-ler, a plural suffix which is absent from Proto-Turkic. Found as Old Turkic [script needed] (-lar) (back variant) but not found in the sister Oghur branch (compare Chuvash -сем (-sem), Bulgar -ڛَم), where it descended from *sāyïn (“every”). The Chuvash plural suffix, however, lacks vowel harmony unlike other suffixes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leɾ/
Suffix
-лер • (-ler)
Turkmen
Suffix
-лер (transliteration needed)
- Cyrillic spelling of -ler (“plural suffix”)