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)

1. Forms adjectives from nouns; with

   ‎طراق (tarak, “crest of feathers (on a bird)”) + ‎ـلو → ‎طراقلو (taraklı, “crested”)

2. 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^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1641