ـجیل

See also: جل

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ـجل (-cil)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *-či + *-l.

Suffix

ـجیل • (-cil)

1. Forms names of predators from names of prey

   ‎طاوشان (tavşan, “hare”) + ‎ـجیل → ‎طاوشانجیل (tavşancıl, “eagle”)

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish terms suffixed with ـجیل

Descendants

• Turkish: -cil

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-cıl”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 794
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 454
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 667