Where does “дилбастагӣ” come from?

дилбастагӣ (Tajik) comes from Persian دلبستگی, from Persian ـگی, from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکو, from Proto-Turkic *-gü — Derives nouns from verbs.

дилбастагӣ (Tajik): affection

Definitions

  1. affection

Ancestry of “дилбастагӣ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianدلبستگیaffection; attachment; interest
2Persianـگیform of the suffix for words that end in the short vowel ه}}}}
3Old Anatolian Turkishـکو
4Proto-Turkic*-güDerives nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-güEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish ـکوEvery word from Persian ـگی