"-len" meaning in Turkish

See -len in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈ-len/, [-æn] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -lan [error-unrecognized-form], -len [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلن (-len). Analyzable as -le (noun-to-verb maker) + -n (reflexive mood). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|tr|ota|ـلن|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=-len|ts=}} Ottoman Turkish ـلن (-len), {{inh+|tr|ota|ـلن|tr=-len}} Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلن (-len), {{af|tr|-le<pos:noun-to-verb maker>|-n<pos:reflexive mood>}} -le (noun-to-verb maker) + -n (reflexive mood) Head templates: {{head|tr|suffix}} -len
  1. Acquisitive suffix; forms verbs with the meaning "to come to have". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--len-tr-suffix-fGtsXtLG Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Turkish entries with incorrect language header, Turkish terms suffixed with -le, Turkish terms suffixed with -n Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ˈ-len/, [-æn]
Etymology: From ilen, alternative form of ile. Cognate with Azerbaijani -nən, Gagauz -län. Etymology templates: {{cog|az|-nən}} Azerbaijani -nən, {{cog|gag|-län}} Gagauz -län Head templates: {{head|tr|suffix}} -len
  1. (colloquial, dialectal) alternative form of -le Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, dialectal, morpheme Alternative form of: -le
    Sense id: en--len-tr-suffix-H3Y207RE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ـلن",
      "ـلن#Ottoman_Turkish"
    ],
    [
      "-le",
      "-le#Turkish"
    ],
    [
      "-n",
      "-n#Turkish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "ـلن",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "-len",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish ـلن (-len)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "ـلن",
        "tr": "-len"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلن (-len)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "-le<pos:noun-to-verb maker>",
        "3": "-n<pos:reflexive mood>"
      },
      "expansion": "-le (noun-to-verb maker) + -n (reflexive mood)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلن (-len). Analyzable as -le (noun-to-verb maker) + -n (reflexive mood).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-suffix-forms",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lan",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-len",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-len",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish terms suffixed with -le",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish terms suffixed with -n",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sinir (“anger”) + -len → sinirlenmek (“to get angry”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "endişe (“anxiety”) + -len → endişelenmek (“to get anxious”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acquisitive suffix; forms verbs with the meaning \"to come to have\"."
      ],
      "id": "en--len-tr-suffix-fGtsXtLG",
      "links": [
        [
          "Acquisitive",
          "acquisitive#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ-len/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-æn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-len"
}

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ilen",
      "ilen#Turkish"
    ],
    [
      "ile",
      "ile#Turkish"
    ],
    [
      "-nən",
      "-nən#Azerbaijani"
    ],
    [
      "-län",
      "-län#Gagauz"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "az",
        "2": "-nən"
      },
      "expansion": "Azerbaijani -nən",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gag",
        "2": "-län"
      },
      "expansion": "Gagauz -län",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ilen, alternative form of ile. Cognate with Azerbaijani -nən, Gagauz -län.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-len",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-le"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -le"
      ],
      "id": "en--len-tr-suffix-H3Y207RE",
      "links": [
        [
          "-le",
          "-le#Turkish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, dialectal) alternative form of -le"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "colloquial",
        "dialectal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ-len/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-æn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-len"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Turkish lemmas",
    "Turkish suffixes",
    "Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
    "Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish",
    "Turkish terms suffixed with -le",
    "Turkish terms suffixed with -n",
    "Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ـلن",
      "ـلن#Ottoman_Turkish"
    ],
    [
      "-le",
      "-le#Turkish"
    ],
    [
      "-n",
      "-n#Turkish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "ـلن",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "-len",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish ـلن (-len)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "ـلن",
        "tr": "-len"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلن (-len)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "-le<pos:noun-to-verb maker>",
        "3": "-n<pos:reflexive mood>"
      },
      "expansion": "-le (noun-to-verb maker) + -n (reflexive mood)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلن (-len). Analyzable as -le (noun-to-verb maker) + -n (reflexive mood).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-suffix-forms",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lan",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-len",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-len",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sinir (“anger”) + -len → sinirlenmek (“to get angry”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "endişe (“anxiety”) + -len → endişelenmek (“to get anxious”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acquisitive suffix; forms verbs with the meaning \"to come to have\"."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Acquisitive",
          "acquisitive#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ-len/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-æn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-len"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Turkish lemmas",
    "Turkish suffixes",
    "Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ilen",
      "ilen#Turkish"
    ],
    [
      "ile",
      "ile#Turkish"
    ],
    [
      "-nən",
      "-nən#Azerbaijani"
    ],
    [
      "-län",
      "-län#Gagauz"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "az",
        "2": "-nən"
      },
      "expansion": "Azerbaijani -nən",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gag",
        "2": "-län"
      },
      "expansion": "Gagauz -län",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ilen, alternative form of ile. Cognate with Azerbaijani -nən, Gagauz -län.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-len",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-le"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Turkish colloquialisms",
        "Turkish dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -le"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-le",
          "-le#Turkish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, dialectal) alternative form of -le"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "colloquial",
        "dialectal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ-len/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-æn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-len"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'a / ı / o / u'",
  "path": [
    "-len"
  ],
  "section": "Turkish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-len",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'e / i / ö / ü'",
  "path": [
    "-len"
  ],
  "section": "Turkish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-len",
  "trace": ""
}

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