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.
-vari (Turkish): like, -ish
Definitions
- like, -ish
Ancestry of “-vari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ـواری | — |
| 2 | Persian | ـواری | like, -ish |
| 3 | Persian | ـوار | used to create adjectives denoting a specific quality or characteristic |
| 4 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |