-lan

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Probably a compound suffix from al (past, over) +‎ -an (adverb-forming suffix) meaning past a certain time, space or number.[1]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-lan

  1. (adverb-forming suffix, rare, archaic) Usually added to words ending in the terminative case suffix -ig (until, till, up to) and it means the inclusion of the mentioned boundary (not just up to the boundary).
    életfogytig + ‎-lan → ‎életfogytiglan
    Az egész falu leégett az utolsó háziglan.The entire village burned down to the last house. (No house was spared in the fire.)

Usage notes

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  • (adverb-forming suffix) Variants:
    -lan is added to back-vowel words
    -len is added to front-vowel words

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ -lan in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɫɑn/, [ɫ̪ɑn̪]

Etymology 1

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From part of Ottoman Turkish ـلنمق (lanmak, passive infinitive suffix after back vowels). Analyzable as -la (forms verbs from nouns) + -n (reflexive marker).

Suffix

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preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / İ / Ö / Ü
-lan -len

-lan

  1. Form of -len after the vowels A / I / O / U.
    hasta (ill, sick) + ‎-lan → ‎hastalanmak (to get sick)
    kaygı (anxiety) + ‎-lan → ‎kaygılanmak (to get anxious)
Derived terms
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See -len.

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-lan.

Suffix

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-lan

  1. Noun-forming suffix frequently denoting a "wild and predatory animal".
Derived terms
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