-nok

See also: nok, NOK, nők, and -nök

Hungarian

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]

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' title='Category:Hungarian nouns suffixed with -nok'>Hungarian nouns suffixed with -nok</a>

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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