Turkish
Etymology
Uncertain, but thought to be of Common Turkic origin that was absent from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Turkic, as it is not found in the sister Oghur branch (namely (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chuvash). Often thought to be derived from a grammaticalized form of *olar (modern onlar (“they”)), from ol (modern o (“it, he, she”)) + *-ar (hypothesized by some to be the original Common Turkic plural suffix).[1]
Suffix
-lar
- Used to form plurals of nouns.
- kurbağa → kurbağalar
- Bu ülkede daima Mustafa'lar olacak. - There will always be people like Mustafa in this country.
- Amcamlar 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.
- It could be "-ler", when the noun's last vowel is a front vowel.
References
- ^ Stefan Georg (1989 June) “Some thoughts on the etymology of the Turkic plural suffix -lar/-ler”, in Altaica Osloensia: Proceedings from the 32nd Meeting of the Permanent International Altaistic Conference[1], Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, pages 141–152
Uzbek
Suffix
-lar (-лар)
- Plural suffix. Attached to the end of the noun to be pluralized.
- kitoblar
- "books"
- kitoblar
- Suffix to show respect for the noun attached.
- otamlar
- "my father, (a person whom I respect)"
- otamlar
- When attached to numbers, takes on a meaning of "about", "around" or "approximately"
- soat uchlarda
- "Around 3 o'clock"
- soat uchlarda