-çe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـجه (-ce), ـچه (-çe).

Suffix

-çe

1. Assimilated form of -ce after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.

   ‎sert (“violent; hard; harsh”) + ‎-çe → ‎sertçe (“violently; hard; harshly”)

   ‎Türk (“Turk”) + ‎-çe → ‎Türkçe (“Turkish language”) (literally "like a Turk")

   ‎İsveç (“Sweden”) + ‎-çe → ‎İsveççe (“Swedish language”) (literally "in the way of Sweden")