-gü

Turkish

Alternative forms

• -gı, -gu, -gi

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـگی (-gi), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو (-gü), from Proto-Turkic *-gü.

Suffix

-gü

1. Suffix creating a new word related to its root.

   ‎övmek (“to praise”) + ‎-gü → ‎övgü (“praise, adoration”)

   ‎görmek (“to see”) + ‎-gü → ‎görgü (“morality”)

   ‎örmek (“to knit”) + ‎-gü → ‎örgü (“braid, something knit”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -gü