-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”) + ‎-egen → ‎gezegen (“planet”)
    ‎ısır- (“to bite”) + ‎-gan → ‎ısırgan (“poison ivy”, literally “that which bites a lot”)
    ‎sıç- (“to shit, to poop”) + ‎-an → ‎sıçan (“rat, mouse”, literally “that which shits a lot”)
    ‎kemir- (“to nibble, to gnaw”) + ‎-gen → ‎kemirgen (“rodent”, literally “that which gnaws a lot”)
    ‎yat- (“to lie down, to incline”) + ‎-ağan → ‎yatağan (“a curved Ottoman sword”)
  2. Derives adjectives of habit or inclination from verbs.[2]
    ‎çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + ‎-gen → ‎çekingen (“shy, reserved”)
    ‎çalış- (“to work, to study”) + ‎-kan → ‎çalışkan (“hardworking”)
    ‎ak- (“to flow”) + ‎-ış (reciprocal suffix) + ‎-kan → ‎akışkan (“fluid”)
    ‎değiş- (“to change”) + ‎-ken → ‎değişken (“variable, flexible”)
    ‎ilet- (“to transmit, to conduct”) + ‎-ken → ‎iletken (“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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