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Cognate with Uyghur -ىش (-ish).

preceding vowel
A / I E / Ə / İ O / U Ö / Ü
postconsonantal -ış -iş -uş -üş
postvocalic -yış -yiş -yuş -yüş

-iş

  1. Suffix creating nouns from verbs.[1]
    axtarmaq (to search) + ‎-ış → ‎axtarış (search)
    satmaq (to sell) + ‎-ış → ‎satış (sale)
    oyanmaq (to awake) + ‎-ış → ‎oyanış (awakening)
    girmək (to enter) + ‎-iş → ‎giriş (entrance)
    getmək (to walk, to travel) + ‎-iş → ‎gediş (journey)
    uçmaq (to fly) + ‎-uş → ‎uçuş (flight)
    udmaq (to win) + ‎-uş → ‎uduş (win, gain)
    gülmək (to laugh) + ‎-üş → ‎gülüş (laughter)
    görmək (to see) + ‎-üş → ‎görüş (meeting, encounter)
    söymək (to curse, to scold) + ‎-üş → ‎söyüş (curse, foul language)
    yaşamaq (to live) + ‎-yış → ‎yaşayış
    anlamaq (to understand) + ‎-yış → ‎anlayış

A notable irregularity is yürümək, taking :

yürümək (to go) + ‎ → ‎yürüş (march)
preceding vowel
A / I E / Ə / İ O / U Ö / Ü
postconsonantal -ış -iş -uş -üş
postvocalic

-iş

  1. Reciprocative suffix.[2]
    baxmaq + ‎-iş → ‎baxışmaq
    bitmək + ‎-iş → ‎bitişmək
    çəkmək + ‎-iş → ‎çəkişmək
    vurmaq (to hit, punch) + ‎-iş → ‎vuruşmaq (to battle, fight)
    döymək (to beat) + ‎-iş → ‎döyüşmək (to fight, combat)
    yürümək + ‎ → ‎yürüşmək
    tanımaq + ‎ → ‎tanışmaq

Verbs with monosyllabic vowel-ending stems generally take a y before the suffixes -il, -in, or -iş:

demək (to say) + ‎-iş → ‎deyişmək (to argue)
  1. ^ Şirəliyev, Məmmədağa, Sevortyan, Ervand (1971) “-iş”, in Grammatika azerbajdžanskovo jazyka. Fonetika, morfologija i sintaksis. [Grammar of Azerbaijani language. Phonetics, morphology, syntax.], Baku: Elm, page 54.
  2. ^ Şirəliyev, Məmmədağa, Sevortyan, Ervand (1971) “-iş”, in Grammatika azerbajdžanskovo jazyka. Fonetika, morfologija i sintaksis. [Grammar of Azerbaijani language. Phonetics, morphology, syntax.], Baku: Elm, page 96.

From Proto-Turkic *-iĺč.

-iş

  1. Derived reciprocal forms of verbs.
    tapmaq (to find) + ‎-ış → ‎tapışmaq (to find each other)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـش (-iş), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـش (), from Proto-Turkic *-iĺ.

preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
postconsonantal -ış -iş -uş -üş
postvocalic -yış -yiş -yuş -yüş

-iş (noun-forming suffixes)

  1. Derives nouns from verbs.
    bakmak (to look) + ‎-ış → ‎bakış (look)
    inmek (to land) + ‎-iş → ‎iniş (landing)
    görmek (to see) + ‎-üş → ‎görüş (sight)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـش (-iş), from Old Anatolian Turkish ـش (-iş), from Proto-Turkic *-iĺč.

preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
postconsonantal -ış -iş -uş -üş
postvocalic

-iş

  1. Derived reciprocal forms of verbs.
    bakmak (to look) + ‎-ış → ‎bakışmak (to look at each other)
    sevmek (to like, love) + ‎-iş → ‎sevişmek (to make love)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-iş

  1. A suffix forming terms of endearment.
    kedi (cat) + ‎ → ‎kediş (kitty)
  • Stritcly speaking, -iş doesn't adhere to a vowel harmony rule and the variant that will give the euphonious result is chosen almost arbitrarily. Tatlış and tatliş (from tatlı) coexist. For some given names there are multiple affectionate alternative forms ending in -oş, -iş, -üş, etc.