ـجه

See also: جه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ـچه (pronunciation spelling after unvoiced consonants)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *-če (orientative–prolative suffix).

Suffix

ـجه • (-ce or -ca or -çe or -ça)

1. like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of
2. following; according to

   ‎بن (ben, “I”) + ‎ـجه (-ce) → ‎بنجه (bence, “as for me, according to me”)

3. Used to form adverbs from nouns and adjectives.
4. Forms demonyms or names of languages.

Descendants

• Turkish: -ce -ca, -çe, -ça

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 451
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 692