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Appendix:Variations of "dir"
Azerbaijani
-дир
Etymology 1
From az trk-pro *tur- to stand.III 296-301 az trk-pro *tur-
Pronunciation
di(r) always unstressed
Suffix
dır dir dur dür
az suffix
Third-person singular present simple copula (used suppletively in place of az *imək):
[he/she/it] is
Related terms
az durmaq
Etymology 2
az trk-pro *-tur. Cognate with kk -дір.
Pronunciation
Suffix
dır dir dur dür
az suffix
Causative suffix.Шиарлиев, М.Ш.; Севортян, Э. В. (1971) Грамматика азербайджанского языка: (Фонетика, морфология и синтаксис) (p. 109). Баку: "Элм".
az gəzmək to walk gəzdirmək to take out for a walk
az bilmək to know bildirmək to inform
Derived terms
az
References
Gagauz
Pronunciation
gag /diɾ/
Etymology 1
gag trk-oat durmaq طورمق, trk-oat -dur, -dür ـدر, from gag trk-pro *tur-. Compare tr durmak, tr -dir; az durmaq, az -dir; and gag durmaa.
Suffix
gag suffix
gag copulative Third-person singular present simple copula, is
Usage notes
Usually dropped during colloquial speech; mostly used to emphasize.
Etymology 2
Ultimately from gag trk-pro *-tur
Suffix
gag suffix
forms causative verbs
Further reading
-дир 635
Turkish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
tr auxiliary suffix :inh ota:ـدر<tr:-dir>
From tr ota ـدر -dir, from tr trk-pro *tur- to stand. Cognate with tr durmak to stand, to stop.
Suffix
d ır ir ur ür
tr suffix
tr is tr auxiliary defective + noun is
tr Bu benim evimdir. This is my house.
tr assumption tr auxiliary defective + verb expresses an assumption
tr Ben de geliyorumdur herhalde. I am probably coming too.
tr Kesin yalan söylüyorumdur. Sure, I'm lying.
tr Unutmuşumdur. I must have forgotten.
tr for for over a certain amount of time
tr iki haftadır for two weeks
Usage notes
tr is 0 1 is typically omitted, and is only used to emphasize that something is a fact or that the speaker knows something to be true.
tr Bu restoran çok güzel. This restaurant is very nice. (said spontaneously to remark on the food, atmosphere etc.)
tr Bu restoran çok güzeldir. This restaurant is very nice (and I know this because it has reputation of being a good restaurant or because I've been here before).
It may also be used in more formal registers. See articles on Anasayfa Turkish Wikipedia tr for examples of this usage.
tr for 0 1 is only used is only used when in English one would use the present perfect continuous tense (or the present perfect verbs in English that typically don't inflect for the continuous) for and not for actions that have happened at some further point in the past.
tr Bir süredir bunun üzerinde çalışıyorum. I've been working on this for a while.
tr Son birkaç gündür bu adamı her gün burada görüyorum. I've noticed this guy here every day for the past few days.
For other tenses, tr boyunca is used instead:
tr Bir süre boyunca üzerinde çalıştım. I worked on it for a while.
Etymology 2
tr causative suffix :inh trk-pro:*-tur<pos:causative suffix> + 1
Suffix
d ır ir ur ür
verb
tr causative causative suffix
tr gezmek to walk gezdirmek to take (one) out for a walk
tr bilmek to know bildirmek to inform
tr ölmek to die öldürmek to kill to make die
meaningless generic derivation suffix, sometimes causes no change in meaning
tr koşmak<t:to run> koşturmak<t:to run around, to rush>
tr itmek<t:to push> ittirmek<t:to push>
tr sikmek<t:to fuck> siktirmek<t:to fuck off>
Derived terms
tr
See also
tr -ir
tr -t