-ıt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "it"

Turkish

	preceding vowel
	A / I	E / İ	O / U	Ö / Ü
postconsonantal	-ıt	-it	-ut	-üt
postvocalic	-t

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـید (-ıd, -id, -ıt, -it) (alternatively ـوت (-ut) or ـت (-t)), from Proto-Turkic *-t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɯt/, /it/, /ut/, /yt/

Suffix

-ıt

1. Derives nouns from verbs.

   ‎geç- (“to pass”) + ‎-it → ‎geçit (“passage”)

   ‎an- (“to remember”) + ‎-ıt → ‎anıt (“monument”)

   ‎yak- (“to burn”) + ‎-ıt → ‎yakıt (“fuel”)

   ‎dön- (“to return, to turn”) + ‎-üt → ‎dönüt (“feedback”)

2. Derives nouns or adjectives from noun-base words.

   ‎yaş (“age”) + ‎-ıt → ‎yaşıt (“peer”, literally “same-age”)

   ‎eş (“pair, match”) + ‎-it → ‎eşit (“equal, matching”)

   ‎boy (“length”) + ‎-ut → ‎boyut (“dimension”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -ıt