"-li" meaning in Turkish

See -li in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /li/, /ˈli/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -lı [back-vowel-harmony, unrounded-harmony], -li [front-vowel-harmony, unrounded-harmony], -lu [back-vowel-harmony, rounded-harmony], -lü [front-vowel-harmony, rounded-harmony]
Etymology: Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلی (-li), from earlier ـلو (-li), from Proto-Turkic *-lig. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|tr|ota|ـلی|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=-li|ts=}} Ottoman Turkish ـلی (-li), {{inh+|tr|ota|ـلی|tr=-li}} Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلی (-li), {{inh|tr|trk-pro|*-lig}} Proto-Turkic *-lig Head templates: {{head|tr|suffix||-{{{var}}}|head=}} -li, {{tr-suffix}} -li
  1. with, containing; forms adjectives from nouns. This usage is treated as a "case suffix" and is separated from proper nouns by an apostrophe. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--li-tr-suffix-ePr1v5vi Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 13 4 0 10 0 27 31 15 Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 36 42 22
  2. of, from; of a nation or place. This usage is treated as a "word-forming suffix" and is not separated from proper nouns by an apostrophe. The demonym formed this way functions equally as an adjective and as a noun. It is commonly encountered in surnames derived from the names of towns and cities. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--li-tr-suffix-lijzMaDe Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 13 4 0 10 0 27 31 15 Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 36 42 22
  3. Added to sports organizations to form names for their fans. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--li-tr-suffix-h39k~TUr Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 13 4 0 10 0 27 31 15 Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 36 42 22
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lad",
            "2": "-li"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladino: -li",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladino: -li"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "-λής"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: -λής (-lís)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: -λής (-lís)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
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        "2": "ota",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "-li",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish ـلی (-li)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ota",
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      },
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      "name": "inh+"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*-lig"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلی (-li), from earlier ـلو (-li), from Proto-Turkic *-lig.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-suffix-forms",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lı",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "back-vowel-harmony",
        "unrounded-harmony"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-li",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "front-vowel-harmony",
        "unrounded-harmony"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lu",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "back-vowel-harmony",
        "rounded-harmony"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lü",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "front-vowel-harmony",
        "rounded-harmony"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-{{{var}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-li",
      "name": "tr-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "-siz"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis": "13 4 0 10 0 27 31 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 42 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "kafein (“caffeine”) + -li → kafeinli (“caffeinated, containing caffeine”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with, containing; forms adjectives from nouns. This usage is treated as a \"case suffix\" and is separated from proper nouns by an apostrophe."
      ],
      "id": "en--li-tr-suffix-ePr1v5vi",
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "containing",
          "containing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 4 0 10 0 27 31 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 42 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "İstanbul (“Istanbul”) + -li → İstanbullu (“[a person] from Istanbul”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Tokat (“a city in northern Anatolia”) + -li → Tokatlı (“[a person] from Tokat”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of, from; of a nation or place. This usage is treated as a \"word-forming suffix\" and is not separated from proper nouns by an apostrophe. The demonym formed this way functions equally as an adjective and as a noun. It is commonly encountered in surnames derived from the names of towns and cities."
      ],
      "id": "en--li-tr-suffix-lijzMaDe",
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 4 0 10 0 27 31 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 42 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Ardahanspor (“a soccer team”) + -li → Ardahansporlu (“a person who supports this team”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Added to sports organizations to form names for their fans."
      ],
      "id": "en--li-tr-suffix-h39k~TUr",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-li"
}
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    "Pages with 20 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Turkish lemmas",
    "Turkish suffixes",
    "Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
    "Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic",
    "Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish",
    "Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic"
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladino: -li"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "-λής"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: -λής (-lís)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: -λής (-lís)"
    }
  ],
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "-li",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـلی (-li), from earlier ـلو (-li), from Proto-Turkic *-lig.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-suffix-forms",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lı",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "back-vowel-harmony",
        "unrounded-harmony"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-li",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "front-vowel-harmony",
        "unrounded-harmony"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lu",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "back-vowel-harmony",
        "rounded-harmony"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lü",
      "source": "Floating Div",
      "tags": [
        "front-vowel-harmony",
        "rounded-harmony"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
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      },
      "expansion": "-li",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-li",
      "name": "tr-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-siz"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "kafein (“caffeine”) + -li → kafeinli (“caffeinated, containing caffeine”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with, containing; forms adjectives from nouns. This usage is treated as a \"case suffix\" and is separated from proper nouns by an apostrophe."
      ],
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        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "containing",
          "containing"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "İstanbul (“Istanbul”) + -li → İstanbullu (“[a person] from Istanbul”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Tokat (“a city in northern Anatolia”) + -li → Tokatlı (“[a person] from Tokat”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of, from; of a nation or place. This usage is treated as a \"word-forming suffix\" and is not separated from proper nouns by an apostrophe. The demonym formed this way functions equally as an adjective and as a noun. It is commonly encountered in surnames derived from the names of towns and cities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Ardahanspor (“a soccer team”) + -li → Ardahansporlu (“a person who supports this team”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Added to sports organizations to form names for their fans."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈli/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-li"
}

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