-den

See also: Appendix:Variations of "den"

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـدن (-den), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـدن (-den), from Proto-Turkic *-den.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæn/

Suffix

	preceding vowel
	A / I / O / U	E / İ / Ö / Ü
default	-dan	-den
assimilated	-tan	-ten

-den

1. Used to form ablative of nouns.

   ‎köy (“village”) + ‎-den → ‎köyden (“from the village”)

2. of, from (indicating cause)

   ‎kanser (“cancer”) + ‎-den → ‎kanserden (“of cancer”)

   Kanserden öldü. ― They died of cancer.

3. through, out of

   Kitabını pencereden attı. ― They chucked their book out of the window.

Usage notes

• It must be used with an apostrophe while forming a proper noun.

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