-nok

See also: -nók, -nök, -nők, NOK, Nok, nok, nők, นก, นัก, and นึก

Hungarian

Etymology

Of Slavic origin. Compare Serbo-Croatian -nik, Russian -ник (-nik). Both udvar (“court”) and udvarnok (“courtier”) were loanwords. Based on these two words, the -nok suffix was formed and attached to other words.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nok]

Suffix

-nok

(noun-forming suffix) Added to a word to form the name of an occupation.
‎dal (“song”) + ‎-nok → ‎dalnok (“singer”)

Usage notes

(noun-forming suffix) Variants:
-nok is added to back-vowel words
‎dal (“song”) + ‎-nok → ‎dalnok (“singer”)

-nek is added to unrounded front-vowel words
eretnek (“heretic”)

-nök is added to rounded and some unrounded front-vowel words
‎ügy (“matter”) + ‎-nök → ‎ügynök (“agent”)

‎mér (“to measure”) + ‎-nök → ‎mérnök (“engineer”)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -nok

References

^ -nok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

[1] -nok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

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