-kır

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Proto-Turkic *-kir.

Suffix

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-kır

  1. Forms imitative verbs from onomatopoeia.
    fış (water flowing sound) + ‎-kır → ‎fışkır- (to gush out)
    hapşu (achoo!) + ‎-kır → ‎hapşırmak (to sneeze)
    tüh (spitting sound) + ‎-kır → ‎tükürmek (to spit)

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