-ık

Turkish

	preceding vowel
	A / I	E / İ	O / U	Ö / Ü
postconsonantal	-ık	-ik	-uk	-ük
postvocalic	-k

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـیق‎ (-ik) as well as Ottoman Turkish وق‎ (-uk), from Proto-Turkic *-uk, synonymous to Proto-Turkic *-ïg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɯk/, /ic/, /uk/, /yc/

Suffix

-ık

1. Derives participle forms of verbs; adjectival and/or resulting state or product of the action.

   ‎aç- (“to open”) + ‎-ık → ‎açık (“open, opened”)

   ‎del- (“to drill, to poke a hole”) + ‎-ik → ‎delik (“hole, pierced”)

   ‎boz- (“to break, to damage”) + ‎-uk → ‎bozuk (“broken, damaged”)

   ‎düş- (“to fall”) + ‎-ük → ‎düşük (“fallen, low”)

   ‎iste- (“to want”) + ‎-k → ‎istek (“request, want”)

   ‎dile- (“to wish”) + ‎-k → ‎dilek (“wish, desire”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -ık