FromOttoman Turkishـی(-ï,“accusative case marker”), itself from eitherProto-Common Turkic*-g,*-ïg(“accusative case marker”) or simplified fromProto-Common Turkic*-nï(“accusative case marker”) to suit where oblique case is unnecessary for the accusative case, since the oblique case*-n- is not productive by itself and requires other cases. CompareOld Turkic𐰍(ǧ/⁠-(ï)ɣ⁠/),𐰃𐰍(iǧ/⁠-ïɣ⁠/).

-ı

1. definitiveaccusativesuffix

   Seni seviyorum ―I likeyou

   Kitabı istiyorum ―I wantthe book(accusative used)

   Kitap istiyorum ―I wanta book(accusative not used)

• It becomes-yı if the word ends with a vowel.
• It becomes-nı when preceded by third person singular possessive suffix-ı.

• -i
• -nı

FromOttoman Turkishی(-ï,“possessive marker”), fromProto-Turkic*-ï(“possessive marker”). Cognate withOld Turkic𐰃(i/⁠-ï⁠/).

-ı

1. 3rd person singularpossessivesuffix

• Although it is believed to become-sı when the word ends with a vowel, this suffix probably comes from a different root.

• -i

FromOttoman Turkishی(-ï,“adverbial suffix”), fromProto-Turkic*-u. Cognate withOld Turkic𐰆(u/⁠-u⁠/).

-ı

1. (unproductive and limited to certain pattern and copula) Makesadverbs out ofverbs

• -i
• -u
• -yı

• -u,-i,-ü

FromOttoman Turkishی(-ï), fromProto-Turkic*-ïg.

-ı

1. Suffix creating nouns out ofverbs

   ‎tak-(“to put on, attach”) + ‎-ı → ‎takı(“ornament, jewellery”)

   ‎say-(“to count”) + ‎-ı → ‎sayı(“number”)

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