ـلو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

(late Ottoman) ـلی (-li, -lı, -lu, -lü)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-lig.

Suffix

ـلو • (-lı or -li or -lu or -lü)

Forms adjectives from nouns; with
‎طراق (tarak, “crest of feathers (on a bird)”) + ‎ـلو → ‎طراقلو (taraklı, “crested”)
Forms demonyms
‎وندیك (Venedik, “Venice”) + ‎ـلو → ‎وندیكلو (Venedikli, “Venetian”)

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish terms suffixed with ـلو

Ottoman Turkish terms suffixed with ـلی

Descendants

Turkish: -lı, -li, -lu, -lü
- Ladino: -li
- Greek: -λής (-lís)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ـلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1641

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