-gan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

Ojibwe

Final

-gan

  1. nominalizer

Derived terms

See also

Final

-gan

  1. bone

References

Turkish

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / İ / Ö / Ü
default -gan -gen
assimilated -kan -ken

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen. In Modern Turkish the suffix presents as -an, -gan or -agan.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡan/
  • IPA(key): /ɡen/
  • IPA(key): /kan/
  • IPA(key): /cen/

Suffix

-gan

  1. Derives nouns of habit or inclination from verbs.[2]
    gez- (to wander, to go about) + -egengezegen (planet)
    ısır- (to bite) + -ganısırgan (poison ivy, literally that which bites a lot)
    sıç- (to shit, to poop) + -ansıçan (rat, mouse, literally that which shits a lot)
    kemir- (to nibble, to gnaw) + -genkemirgen (rodent, literally that which gnaws a lot)
    yat- (to lie down, to incline) + -ağanyatağan (a curved Ottoman sword)
  2. Derives adjectives of habit or inclination from verbs.[2]
    çekin- (to abstain, to hesitate) + -gençekingen (shy, reserved)
    çalış- (to work, to study) + -kançalışkan (hardworking)
    ak- (to flow) + -ış (reciprocal suffix) + -kanakışkan (fluid)
    değiş- (to change) + -kendeğişken (variable, flexible)
    ilet- (to transmit, to conduct) + -keniletken (conductive)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -gan

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+(g)An”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-gan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1639
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