Where does “-vari” come from?
-vari (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ـواری, from Persian ـواری, from Persian ـوار, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
Ancestry of “-vari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ـواری | — |
| 2 | Persian | ـواری | — |
| 3 | Persian | ـوار | — |
| 4 | Persian | ـه | — |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
Words derived from “-vari”