Where does “-iye” come from?

-iye (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـیه, from Arabic ـِيَّة — relational suffix.

-iye (Turkish): Used to make municipality, corporation, discipline names

Definitions

  1. Used to make municipality, corporation, discipline names

Ancestry of “-iye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـیه—
2Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix

Words derived from “-iye”

Every word from Arabic ـِيَّة →Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـیه →