THE GERUNDIVE SUFFIX -ANA IN TURKISH DIALECTS OF IRAN

This study investigates the compound gerundive suffix -AnA in Turkish dialects of Iran. -AnA gerundive suffix indicates temporality and functions as –(y)IncA / -(y)UncA kadar ve –r, -Ar, –xr… -mAz gerundive suffix groups of Standard Turkish of Turkish Republic. Here, it is aimed to answer if this suffix is a gerundive suffix or not by exploring the ways of constructing gerundive suffixes in Turkish. In the dialects having -AnA gerundive suffix, the compound gerundive suffix group AnA + kimi/kimin is also used with the same function. This study also tries to find out which one of these suffixes is more archaic