Binlerce

Binlerce is a Turkish word that denotes thousands or thousands of something. It functions as a quantitative determiner, indicating a large, indefinite quantity, and can also serve as an adverb when paired with words like kez to mean “thousands of times.”

Form and etymology: Binlerce is built from the root bin, meaning one thousand, plus the suffix -lerce, which Turkish uses to form large, non-specific quantities. Other examples of this pattern include yüzlerce (hundreds) and milyonlarca (millions). The word is written as a single unit: binlerce.

Usage: Binlerce is common in written and spoken Turkish, including journalism, literature, and everyday speech. It signals scale rather than an exact number and is often used to convey emphasis or magnitude. It can modify a noun, as in binlerce insan (thousands of people), or appear with kez to indicate repetition, as in binlerce kez (thousands of times).

Examples:

- Binlerce kişi katıldı. (Thousands of people attended.)

- Haberler binlerce kez tekrarlanmış. (The news has been repeated thousands of times.)

Notes: While precise numbers are possible in Turkish, binlerce is inherently approximate, suitable for describing large crowds, quantities, or frequencies. It sits alongside related forms like yüzlerce and milyonlarca to express different orders of magnitude.