-lar

See also: lar, lär, làr, lár, lår, lár-, LAr, and LAR

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Turkic [script needed] (-lar), of uncertain origin, but thought to be of Common Turkic origin that was absent from Proto-Turkic, as it is not found in the sister Oghur branch (namely Chuvash). Often thought to be derived from a grammaticalized form of *olar (modern onlar (“they”)), from ol (modern o (“it, he, she”)) + *-ar (hypothesized by some to be the original Common Turkic plural suffix).[1]

Suffix

-lar

  1. Used to form plurals of nouns.
    ‎kurbağa + ‎-lar → ‎kurbağalar
    Bu ülkede daima Mustafa'lar olacak. ― There will always be people like Mustafa in this country.
    Amcalarım bize gelecek. ― My uncle and his family will come to us.

Usage notes
  • It's used when the noun's last vowel is a back vowel.
  • When the noun's last vowel is a front vowel, -ler is used instead.

References
  1. Stefan Georg (June 1989), “Some thoughts on the etymology of the Turkic plural suffix -lar/-ler”, in Altaica Osloensia: Proceedings from the 32nd Meeting of the Permanent International Altaistic Conference‎, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, pages 141–152

Uzbek

Etymology

Suffix

-lar (Cyrillic spelling -лар)

  1. Used to form plurals of nouns.
    kitoblar
  2. Suffix to show respect for the noun attached.
    otamlar
  3. (when attached to numbers) about, around, approximately
    • soat uchlarda
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