-lar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lar"

Gagauz

Alternative forms

• -lär (during vowel harmony)
• -nar (during assimilation)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫɑɾ/

Suffix

-lar

1. forms plurals from noun roots ending with back vowels

   ‎ana (“mother”) + ‎-lar → ‎analar (“mothers”)

   ‎uşak (“child”) + ‎-lar → ‎uşaklar (“children”)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫaɾ/

Suffix

-lar

1. Form of -ler after the vowels A / I / O / U.

   ‎kurbağa + ‎-lar → ‎kurbağalar

   Bu ülkede daima Mustafa'lar olacak. ― There will always be people like Mustafa in this country.

   Amcalarım bize gelecek. ― My uncle and his family will come to us.

Derived terms

Category Turkish terms suffixed with -lar not found

Uzbek

Etymology

From Old Turkic [script needed] (-lar), of uncertain origin, but thought to be of Common Turkic origin that was absent from Proto-Turkic, as it is not found in the sister Oghur branch (namely Chuvash).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlær], [ˈlar]

Suffix

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	-лар‍
Latin	‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

-lar

1. used to form plurals of nouns

   kitoblar

2. suffix to show respect for the noun attached

   otamlar

3. (when attached to numbers) about, around, approximately
   • Soat uchlarda — Approximately at three o'clock