Where does “-cha” come from?

-cha (Uzbek) comes from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.

-cha (Uzbek): suffix to form adverbs when added to names of ethnic groups or countries

Definitions

  1. suffix to form adverbs when added to names of ethnic groups or countries

Ancestry of “-cha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case

Words derived from “-cha

Every word from Proto-Turkic *-če