-gü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gu"

Turkish

preceding vowel
a / ı e / i o / u ö / ü
default -gı -gi -gu -gü
assimilated -kı -ki -ku -kü

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـگی (-gi), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو (-gü), from Proto-Turkic *-gü.

Suffix

-gü

  1. Form of -gi after the vowels Ö / Ü.
    övmek (to praise) + ‎-gü → ‎övgü (praise, adoration)
    görmek (to see) + ‎-gü → ‎görgü (morality)
    örmek (to knit) + ‎-gü → ‎örgü (braid, something knit)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -gü