-gı

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gi"

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

-gı

  1. Form of -gi after the vowels A / I.
    ‎çalmak (“to play(an instrument)”) + ‎-gı → ‎çalgı (“instrument”)
    ‎almak (“to take”) + ‎-gı → ‎algı (“perception”)
    ‎saymak (“to respect, to count”) + ‎-gı → ‎saygı (“respect”)

Derived terms

Category Turkish terms suffixed with -gı not found
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