-lar
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lar"
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-lar
- Form of -ler after the vowels A / I / O / U.
- kurbağa + -lar → kurbağalar
- Bu ülkede daima Mustafa'lar olacak. ― There will always be people like Mustafa in this country.
- Amcalarım bize gelecek. ― My uncle and his family will come to us.
Derived terms edit
Category Turkish terms suffixed with -lar not found
Uzbek edit
Etymology edit
From Old Turkic [script needed] (-lar), of uncertain origin, but thought to be of Common Turkic origin that was absent from Proto-Turkic, as it is not found in the sister Oghur branch (namely Chuvash).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-lar (Cyrillic spelling -лар)
- Used to form plurals of nouns.
- kitoblar
- Suffix to show respect for the noun attached.
- otamlar
- (when attached to numbers) about, around, approximately
- Soat uchlarda — Approximately at three o'clock