-luk

• IPA^(key): /-luk/ [-lʊʰk]

-luk (clitic)

1. Postconsonantal form of -lluk

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “...(l)luk”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـلق.

-luk (Cyrillic spelling -лук)

1. (informal) Functions similarly to -nje, -ost and -ština.

   divljaluk — divljanje

   bezobràzluk — bezobràština, bezòbraznōst

From Ottoman Turkish ـلق (-luk).

• IPA^(key): /ɫuk/

-luk

1. Form of -lik after the vowels O / U.

   ‎soğuk (“cold”) + ‎-luk → ‎soğukluk (“coldness”)

   ‎çocuk (“child”) + ‎-luk → ‎çocukluk (“childhood”)

   ‎dost (“friend”) + ‎-luk → ‎dostluk (“friendship”)

   ‎tuz (“salt”) + ‎-luk → ‎tuzluk (“caster”)

   ‎sonsuz (“endless”) + ‎-luk → ‎sonsuzluk (“eternity”)