-ıt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "it"

Turkish
preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
postconsonantal -ıt -it -ut -üt
postvocalic -t

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـید‎ (-ıd, -id, -ıt, -it) (alternatively ـوت‎ (-ut) or ـت‎ (-t)), from Proto-Turkic *-t.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɯt/, /it/, /ut/, /yt/

Suffix

-ıt

  1. Derives nouns from verbs.
    ‎geç- (“to pass”) + ‎-it → ‎geçit (“passage”)
    ‎an- (“to remember”) + ‎-ıt → ‎anıt (“monument”)
    ‎yak- (“to burn”) + ‎-ıt → ‎yakıt (“fuel”)
    ‎dön- (“to return, to turn”) + ‎-üt → ‎dönüt (“feedback”)
  2. Derives nouns or adjectives from noun-base words.
    ‎yaş (“age”) + ‎-ıt → ‎yaşıt (“peer”, literally “same-age”)
    ‎eş (“pair, match”) + ‎-it → ‎eşit (“equal, matching”)
    ‎boy (“length”) + ‎-ut → ‎boyut (“dimension”)

Derived terms
Turkish terms suffixed with -ıt

References
  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+Ut" - in Nişanyan Sözlük
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