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Perhaps from Proto-Turkic *-či + *-l. Cognate with Turkish -çil, Kyrgyz -чил (-cil).
-шіл • (-şıl)
- -ist (Forms agent nouns or adjectives)
- дін (dın, “religion”) + -шіл (-şıl) → діншіл (dınşıl, “devout”)
- ұлт (ūlt, “nation”) + -шіл (-şıl) → ұлтшыл (ūltşyl, “nationalist”)