Where does “yönetmen” come from?

yönetmen (Turkish) comes from Turkish -men, from Ottoman Turkish ـمن — Forms nouns and adjectives denoting a high degree or excess of a certain quality.

yönetmen (Turkish): director

Definitions

  1. director

Ancestry of “yönetmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-menForms agent nouns from verbs, denoting professions. -er, -ant
2Ottoman TurkishـمنForms nouns and adjectives denoting a high degree or excess of a certain quality
Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـمن →Every word from Turkish -men →