-gın

Turkish

preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
default -gın -gin -gun -gün
assimilated -kın -kin -kun -kün

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـغن‎ (-gın), ـغین‎ (-gın), ـقین‎ (-ḳın), ـكین‎ (-gin, -kin), ـغون‎ (-gun) or كون‎ (-gun, -gün, -kun, -kün), from Proto-Turkic *-gïn, *-gun[1][2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɯn/, /ɟin/, /ɡun/, /ɟyn/, /kɯn/, /cin/, /kun/, /cyn/

Suffix

-gın

  1. Derives nouns from verbs.
    ‎diz- (“to arrange in a row”) + ‎-gin → ‎dizgin (“rein”)
    ‎sal- (“to let loose, to let go”) + ‎-gın → ‎salgın (“outbreak, epidemic”)
    ‎sür- (“to drive before one, to banish”) + ‎-gün → ‎sürgün (“exile, banishment”)
    ‎yan- (“to burn”) + ‎-gın → ‎yangın (“fire, wildfire”)
    ‎gez- (“to wander, to travel”) + ‎-gin → ‎gezgin (“a traveller, explorer”)
    ‎bil- (“to know, to recognize”) + ‎-gin → ‎bilgin (“a sage, scholar”)
    ‎soy- (“to undress, to rob”) + ‎-gun → ‎soygun (“robbery”)
  2. Derives adjectives from verbs.
    ‎dur- (“to stop”) + ‎-gun → ‎durgun (“still, calm”)
    ‎ol- (“to be, to become”) + ‎-gun → ‎olgun (“ripe”)
    ‎bit- (“to finish, to end”) + ‎-kin → ‎bitkin (“exhausted”)
    ‎düz- (“to arrange, to set straight”) + ‎-gün → ‎düzgün (“straight, ordered”)
    ‎kes- (“to cut”) + ‎-kin → ‎keskin (“sharp”)
    ‎uy- (“to fit, to suit”) + ‎-gun → ‎uygun (“fitting, suitable)”)
    ‎yay- (“to spread”) + ‎-gın → ‎yaygın (“widespread, common”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -gın

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+gIn" - in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “-gın²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1706
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