-dir

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dir"

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *tur- (“to stand”).[1]

Suffix
preceding vowel
A / I E / Ə / İ O / U Ö / Ü
-dır -dir -dur -dür

-dir

  1. Third-person singular present simple copula (used suppletively in place of *imək):
    1. [he/she/it] is

Suffix
preceding vowel
A / I E / Ə / İ O / U Ö / Ü
-dır -dir -dur -dür

-dir

  1. Causative suffix.[2]
    ‎gəzmək (“to walk”) + ‎-dir → ‎gəzdirmək (“to take out for a walk”)
    ‎bilmək (“to know”) + ‎-dir → ‎bildirmək (“to inform”)
Derived terms
Azerbaijani terms suffixed with -dir

References
  1. Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, pages 296-301
  2. Шиарлиев, М.Ш.; Севортян, Э. В. (1971) Грамматика азербайджанского языка: (Фонетика, морфология и синтаксис) (p. 109). Баку: "Элм".

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /diɾ/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ـدر (-dir), from Proto-Turkic *tur- (“to stand”). Cognate with Turkish durmak (“to stand, to stop”).

Suffix
preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
default -dır -dir -dur -dür
assimilated -tır -tir -tur -tür

-dir

  1. (auxiliary, defective, + noun) is
    Bu benim evimdir. ― This is my house.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *-tur (causative suffix).

Suffix
preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
default -dır -dir -dur -dür
assimilated -tır -tir -tur -tür

-dir

  1. Causative suffix.
    ‎gezmek (“to walk”) + ‎-dir → ‎gezdirmek (“to take (one) out for a walk”)
    ‎bilmek (“to know”) + ‎-dir → ‎bildirmek (“to inform”)
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