-län

Gagauz

Alternative forms

  • -nan, -nän (assimilation after "m" and "n")
  • -lan (during vowel harmony)
  • -ylän, -ylan (after vowels)

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish اِیلَنْ (ilän), a form of اِیلَه (ilä), from Proto-Turkic *bile. Compare Turkish -le, ile, dialectal -len; Azerbaijani -lə, ilə, ilən.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læn/

Conjunction

-län

  1. and
    Synonym: hem

Suffix

-län

  1. with
    ‎saygı (“respect”) + ‎-län → ‎saygıylan (“with recpect; respectfully”)
    büük şenniklän
    with great happiness
    yardımımnan yaptınız
    you did it with my help
  2. by, per

Usage notes

  • This suffix is always unstressed.
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