ـجه

See also: جه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • ـچه (pronunciation spelling after unvoiced consonants)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *-če (orientative–prolative suffix).

Suffix

ـجه • (-ce or -ca or -çe or -ça)

  1. like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of
  2. following; according to
    ‎بن (ben, “I”) + ‎ـجه (-ce) → ‎بنجه (bence, “as for me, according to me”)
  3. Used to form adverbs from nouns and adjectives.
  4. Forms demonyms or names of languages.

Descendants
  • Turkish: -ce -ca, -çe, -ça

References
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