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-nok

-nok

See also: nok, NOK, nők, and -nök

Hungarian

Suffix

-nok

  1. (noun suffix) Added to a word to form the name of an occupation.
    dal ‎(“song”) → dalnok ‎(“singer”)

Usage notes

  • (noun suffix) Variants:
    -nok is added to back vowel words
    -nök is added to front vowel words

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_nouns_suffixed_with_-nok'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -nok</a>

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References

  1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Etymology

Of Slavic origin, compare Serbo-Croatian -nik, Russian -ник ‎(nik). Both udvar ‎(“court”) and udvarnok ‎(“courtier”) were loanwords. Based on these two words, the -nok suffix was formed and attached to other words. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nok]

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