mastar

Turkish

Alternative forms

• (dated) masdar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مصدر (masdar), from Arabic مَصْدَر (maṣdar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.taɾ/

Noun

mastar (definite accusative mastarı, plural mastarlar)

1. (grammar) verbal noun

Usage notes

• In Turkish grammar, includes the infinitive (-mak) form as well as the narrower sense of verbal noun (-ma). Both are verb forms functioning as nouns.

Declension

Declension of mastar

	singular	plural
nominative	mastar	mastarlar
definite accusative	mastarı	mastarları
dative	mastara	mastarlara
locative	mastarda	mastarlarda
ablative	mastardan	mastarlardan
genitive	mastarın	mastarların

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mastar¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3073