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"text": "tormogen ― a cell that forms a socket"
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"Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
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},
{
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{
"args": {},
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},
{
"args": {},
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{
"args": {},
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{
"args": {},
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{
"args": {},
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},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|",
"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "-gan"
},
"expansion": "-gan",
"name": "l-self"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|",
"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "-gen"
},
"expansion": "-gen",
"name": "l-self"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|",
"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|",
"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|",
"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "-kan"
},
"expansion": "-kan",
"name": "l-self"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "|",
"name": "!"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "-ken"
},
"expansion": "-ken",
"name": "l-self"
},
{
"args": {
"a": "an",
"e": "en",
"t": "g"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "tr-suffix-forms"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "trk-pro",
"3": "*-gan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Turkic *-gan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "trk-pro",
"2": "*-gen"
},
"expansion": "*-gen",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen.",
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{
"args": {
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"expansion": "-gen",
"name": "head"
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],
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"pos": "suffix",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "gez- (“to wander, to go about”) + -egen → gezegen (“planet”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + -gen → çekingen (“shy, reserved”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "çalış- (“to work, to study”) + -kan → çalışkan (“hardworking”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "-gan after the vowels E"
},
{
"word": "İ"
},
{
"word": "Ö"
},
{
"word": "Ü"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Form of -gan after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü."
],
"links": [
[
"-gan",
"-gan#Turkish"
]
],
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"form-of",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ɟen/"
}
],
"word": "-gen"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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