-сы
Bashkir
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Turkic -čï (agent noun suffix).
Cognate with exactly analogous suffixes in other Turkic languages: Kazakh -шы (-şy), Uzbek -chi, Turkish -çı, -cı, etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-сы • (-sı)
- (added to verbs and nouns) person who does an action indicated by the root verb or noun; used to form agent nouns, terms for professions or occupations