-iyet
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish ـِیَّت (-iyyet), from Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya), akin to -iye
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-iyet
- (no longer productive) Used to make noun meaning state of an adjective
- (no longer productive) Used to make nouns from other parts of speech, mainly abstract nouns
References
edit- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+īya(t)²”, in Nişanyan Sözlük