mastar
Turkish
Alternative forms
- (dated) masdar
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مصدر (masdar), from Arabic مَصْدَر (maṣdar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas.taɾ/
Noun
mastar (definite accusative mastarı, plural mastarlar)
Usage notes
- In Turkish grammar, includes the infinitive (-mak) form as well as the narrower sense of verbal noun (-ma). Both are verb forms functioning as nouns.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mastar | mastarlar |
| definite accusative | mastarı | mastarları |
| dative | mastara | mastarlara |
| locative | mastarda | mastarlarda |
| ablative | mastardan | mastarlardan |
| genitive | mastarın | mastarların |
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mastar¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3073