-meli

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـملى (ـمالى (-malı), ـمه‌لى (-meli)), from Proto-Turkic *-melig.

Suffix

preceding vowel
a / ı / o / u e / i / ö / ü
-malı -meli

-meli

  2. forms the necessitative mood must, shall, should, have to
    Deneyin sonuçlarını derhal öğrenmeliyim.
    I need to know the results of the experiment immediately.
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