Turkmen edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Common Turkic *eŋ (superlative suffix).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani ən, Turkish en, Uzbek eng, Kyrgyz эң ().

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation:

Adverb edit

[2]

  1. the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of adjectives)
    ýagşythe best
    ulythe biggest

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “eŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 166
  2. ^ at Ene dilim