ـمز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-meŕ.

Suffix

ـمز • (-maz, -mez)

1. adjective-forming suffix that, added to the root of a verb, reverses its meaning

   ‎اینانـ (inan-, “to believe”) + ‎ـمز → ‎اینانمز (inanmaz, “incredulous”)

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish terms suffixed with ـمز

Descendants

• Turkish: -maz, -mez

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-maz2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3090
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ـمز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1154
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ـمز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1819