-län

Gagauz

Alternative forms

• -nan, -nän (assimilation after "m" and "n")
• -lan (during vowel harmony)
• -ylän, -ylan (after vowels)

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish اِیلَنْ (ilän), a form of اِیلَه (ilä), from Proto-Turkic *bile. Compare Turkish -le, ile, dialectal -len; Azerbaijani -lə, ilə, ilən.

Conjunction

-län

1. and

   Synonym: hem

Suffix

-län

1. with

   ‎saygı (“respect”) + ‎-län → ‎saygıylan (“with recpect; respectfully”)

   büük şenniklän

   with great happiness

   yardımımnan yaptınız

   you did it with my help

2. by, per

Usage notes

• This suffix is always unstressed.