ـمز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-meŕ.

Suffix

ـمز • (-maz, -mez)

adjective-forming suffix that, added to the root of a verb, reverses its meaning
‎اینانـ (inan-, “to believe”) + ‎ـمز → ‎اینانمز (inanmaz, “incredulous”)

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish terms suffixed with ـمز

Descendants

Turkish: -maz, -mez

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-maz2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3090
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ـمز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1154
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ـمز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1819

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