-lan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably a compound suffix from al (“past, over”) +‎ -an (adverb-forming suffix) meaning past a certain time, space or number.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɒn]
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Suffix

-lan

1. (adverb-forming suffix, rare, archaic) Usually added to words ending in the terminative case suffix -ig (“until, till, up to”) and it means the inclusion of the mentioned boundary (not just up to the boundary).

   ‎életfogytig + ‎-lan → ‎életfogytiglan

   Az egész falu leégett az utolsó háziglan. ― The entire village burned down to the last house. (No house was spared in the fire.)

Usage notes

• (adverb-forming suffix) Variants:

  -lan is added to back-vowel words

  -len is added to front-vowel words

Derived terms

Hungarian adverbs suffixed with -lan

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫɑn/, [ɫ̪ɑn̪]

Etymology 1

From part of Ottoman Turkish ـلنمق (lanmak, passive infinitive suffix after back vowels). Analyzable as -la (forms verbs from nouns) + -n (reflexive marker).

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U	E / İ / Ö / Ü
-lan	-len

-lan

1. Form of -len after the vowels A / I / O / U.

   ‎hasta (“ill, sick”) + ‎-lan → ‎hastalanmak (“to get sick”)

   ‎kaygı (“anxiety”) + ‎-lan → ‎kaygılanmak (“to get anxious”)

Derived terms

See -len.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-lan.

Suffix

-lan

1. Noun-forming suffix frequently denoting a "wild and predatory animal".

Derived terms

Terms derived from -lan

• aslan
• sırtlan
• kaplan
• yılan