-kır

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Proto-Turkic *-kir.

Suffix

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-kır

  1. Forms imitative verbs from onomatopoeia.
    ‎fış (“water flowing sound”) + ‎-kır → ‎fışkır- (“to gush out”)
    ‎hapşu (“achoo!”) + ‎-kır → ‎hapşırmak (“to sneeze”)
    ‎tüh (“spitting sound”) + ‎-kır → ‎tükürmek (“to spit”)

References

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