-gan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

Ojibwe

Final

-gan

1. nominalizer

Derived terms

• adisigan
• bakwezhigan
• baashkizigan
• daashkiboojigan
• gaandakii'igan
• giishkiboojigan
• iskigamizigan
• madwewechigan
• mangaanibaajigan
• mazina'igan
• mazinaabikiwebinigan
• mazinibii'igan
• mazinichigan
• waawiyebii'igan
• zipobijigan
• ziigwebinigan
• zhaabonigan
• zhiiwaagamizigan

See also

• -n
• -aagan
• -win

Final

-gan

1. bone

Related terms

• -gan-
• -kan

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/gan-final
• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/gan-final-624753
• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/gan-final-625978

Turkish

	preceding vowel
	A / I / O / U	E / İ / Ö / Ü
default	-gan	-gen
assimilated	-kan	-ken

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen. In Modern Turkish the suffix presents as -an, -gan or -agan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡan/
• IPA^(key): /ɡen/
• IPA^(key): /kan/
• IPA^(key): /cen/

Suffix

-gan

1. Derives nouns of habit or inclination from verbs.

   ‎gez- (“to wander, to go about”) + ‎-egen → ‎gezegen (“planet”)

   ‎ısır- (“to bite”) + ‎-gan → ‎ısırgan (“poison ivy”, literally “that which bites a lot”)

   ‎sıç- (“to shit, to poop”) + ‎-an → ‎sıçan (“rat, mouse”, literally “that which shits a lot”)

   ‎kemir- (“to nibble, to gnaw”) + ‎-gen → ‎kemirgen (“rodent”, literally “that which gnaws a lot”)

   ‎yat- (“to lie down, to incline”) + ‎-ağan → ‎yatağan (“a curved Ottoman sword”)

2. Derives adjectives of habit or inclination from verbs.

   ‎çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + ‎-gen → ‎çekingen (“shy, reserved”)

   ‎çalış- (“to work, to study”) + ‎-kan → ‎çalışkan (“hardworking”)

   ‎ak- (“to flow”) + ‎-ış (reciprocal suffix) + ‎-kan → ‎akışkan (“fluid”)

   ‎değiş- (“to change”) + ‎-ken → ‎değişken (“variable, flexible”)

   ‎ilet- (“to transmit, to conduct”) + ‎-ken → ‎iletken (“conductive”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -gan