-lar
See also: lar, lär, làr, lár, lår, lár-, LAr, and LAR
Turkish
Alternative forms
- -ler
Etymology
Back variant of -ler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑɾ/
Suffix
-lar
- Used to form plurals of nouns.
- kurbağa + -lar → kurbağalar
- Bu ülkede daima Mustafa'lar olacak. ― There will always be people like Mustafa in this country.
- Amcalarım bize gelecek. ― My uncle and his family will come to us.
Usage notes
- It's used when the noun's last vowel is a back vowel.
- When the noun's last vowel is a front vowel, -ler is used instead.
Derived terms
Turkish terms suffixed with -lar
Uzbek
Etymology
From Old Turkic [script needed] (-lar), of uncertain origin, but thought to be of Common Turkic origin that was absent from Proto-Turkic, as it is not found in the sister Oghur branch (namely Chuvash).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlær], [ˈlar]
Suffix
-lar (Cyrillic spelling -лар)
- Used to form plurals of nouns.
- kitoblar
- Suffix to show respect for the noun attached.
- otamlar
- (when attached to numbers) about, around, approximately
- Soat uchlarda — Approximately at three o'clock