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Etymology 1
Continues, of origin from 🇨🇬 interpreted as  stem suffix. Akin to Etymology 2 and 🇨🇬, which were borrowed at a later time from Ottoman Turkish.

Morphologically, the suffix is declined as feminine, however, semantically, the derived terms are interpreted as masculine.

Etymology 2
Grammaticalization of the Turkish adjectival marker / (when appended to stems with front root vowel), / (when appended to stems with back root vowel). Encountered with Ottoman Turkish loanwords.

Morphologically, the suffix is declined as feminine, however, semantically, the derived terms are interpreted as masculine.

Usage notes
Applied to stems ending in a voiceless consonants.

Related terms

 * (from 🇨🇬)
 * (from 🇨🇬, )