-лер

Kazakh

Alternative forms

• -лар (-lar), -дар (-dar), -дер (-der), -тар (-tar), -тер (-ter)

Etymology

From Common Turkic *-ler, a plural suffix which is absent from Proto-Turkic. Found as Old Turkic [script needed] (-lar) (back variant) but not found in the sister Oghur branch (compare Chuvash -сем (-sem), Bulgar -ڛَم), where it descended from *sāyïn (“every”). The Chuvash plural suffix, however, lacks vowel harmony unlike other suffixes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɾ/

Suffix

-лер • (-ler)

1. Used to form plurals of nouns.

   ‎үй (üi, “house”) + ‎-лер (-ler) → ‎үйлер (üiler, “houses”)

Turkmen

Suffix

-лер (transliteration needed)

1. Cyrillic spelling of -ler (“plural suffix”)