Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-zün

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

preceding vowel
A / Ï / O / U E / I / Ö / Ü
*-zun *-zün

Suffix

*-zün

  1. (Common Turkic) Suffix forming third-person singular imperative.
    Synonym: *-tur
    *seb- (to love) + ‎*-zün → ‎*sebzün (let it love!)

See the Wikibooks page about imperatives in Proto-Turkic to learn more about it.

  • *-eyin (suffix forming first-person singular imperative)
  • *-gil (suffix forming second-person singular imperative)
  • *-elim (suffix forming first-person plural imperative)
  • *-iŋ (suffix forming second-person plural imperative)

Descendants

  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Old Anatolian Turkish: ـسن (-sun, -sün)
    • Turkmen: -sin, -syn, -sun, -sün
  • Kipchak:
    • Kipchak-Bulgar:
      • Bashkir: -һен (-hen), -һын (-hın), -һон (-hon), -һөн (-hön)
      • Tatar: -сен (-sen), -сын (-sın)
    • Kipchak-Cuman:
      • Crimean Tatar: -sın, -sin
      • Karachay-Balkar: -син (-sin), -сын (-sın), -сун (-sun), -сюн (-sün)
      • Kumyk: -син (-sin), -сын (-sın), -сун (-sun), -сюн (-sün)
    • Kipchak-Nogai:
    • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
      • Kyrgyz: -син (-sin), -сын (-sın), -сун (-sun), -сүн (-sün)
      • Southern Altai: -зин (-zin), -син (-sin), -зын (-zïn), -сын (-sïn)
  • Siberian Turkic:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰔𐰆𐰣 (zun¹ /⁠-zUn⁠/)