The Traces of the Old-Turkic Intensive Suffix -d- in Modern Uzbek and Modern Turkish

Abstract

Some suftixes used in Old Turkic either had fallen from usage in the historical process, or has undergone some morphological changes or has become archaic in a few words. What ki nd of changes does the Old Turkic verbal intensive suffix -d- display in Uzbek, which is from the Qarluq group and in Turkish, which is from the Oghuz group? ls the suffix preserved or has it undergone any changes? Does the suffix display any functional changes? The aim of this article is to seek answers for these questions.