-sa

Meaning

1. (morpheme) Derives verbs of wish, desire, inclination towards the noun it is derived from.
2. (morpheme) Derives verbs from nouns or adjectives in the sense "to regard as, to consider to be."
3. (morpheme) Forms a compound suffix with -im (“derives nouns from verbs”) before it and derives verbs.)
4. (morpheme) Forms a compound suffix with -im (“derives nouns from verbs”) before it and -ar (“participle suffix”) after it and derives adjectives.
5. (morpheme) Forms a compound suffix with -il (“derives nouns or adjectives from verbs or nouns”) after it and derives adjectives.

Concepts

if

Synonyms

-se

eğer

ise

-iken

şayet

-ken

-saydı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـسا (-sa), ـس (-se), evolved from the verb Proto-Turkic *sā- or *sā(j)- (“to count, to consider, to desire something, to count something among one's wishes”). Compare saymak. Cognates with Azerbaijani -sa, -sə, Karakhanid ـسا, ـسه.