FromProto-Turkic*tur-(“to stand”).[1]
-dir
- Third-personsingularpresentsimplecopula (usedsuppletively in place of*imək):
- [he/she/it]is
-dir
- Causative suffix.[2]
- gəzmək(“to walk”) + -dir → gəzdirmək(“to take out for a walk”)
- bilmək(“to know”) + -dir → bildirmək(“to inform”)
- ^Sevortjan, E. V. (1980)Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, pages296-301
- ^Шиарлиев, М.Ш.; Севортян, Э. В. (1971)Грамматика азербайджанского языка: (Фонетика, морфология и синтаксис) (p. 109). Баку: "Элм".
Inherited fromOld Anatolian Turkishطورمق(durmaq),ـدر(-dur, -dür), fromProto-Turkic*tur-. CompareTurkishdurmak,-dir;Azerbaijanidurmaq,-dir; anddurmaa.
-dir
- (copulative)Third-personsingularpresentsimplecopula,is
- Usually dropped during colloquial speech; mostly used toemphasize.
Ultimately fromProto-Turkic*-tur
-dir
- forms causative verbs
- N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “-дир”, inGagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija,→ISBN, page635
FromOttoman Turkishـدر(-dir), fromProto-Turkic*tur-(“to stand”). Cognate withTurkishdurmak(“to stand, to stop”).
-dir
- (auxiliary, defective, +noun)is
- Bu benim evimdir. ―Thisis my house.
FromProto-Turkic*-tur(causative suffix).
-dir
- Causative suffix.
- gezmek(“to walk”) + -dir → gezdirmek(“to take (one) out for a walk”)
- bilmek(“to know”) + -dir → bildirmek(“to inform”)
