Bireyinin

Bireyinin is a Turkish term that functions as the genitive or possessive form of the noun birey, which means an individual or a person. The form bireyinin conveys the sense of “of the individual” or “the individual’s” and is used to link attributes, rights, or relationships to a single person.

In Turkish grammar, possession and attribution are expressed through suffixes attached to the noun. The genitive/possessive suffixes vary according to vowel harmony and the person of the possessor. The sequence that yields bireyinin appears in contexts where the possessed noun or the phrase conditions a definite, singular referent belonging to one person. For example, bireyinin hakları means “the rights of the individual,” and bireyinin kimliği means “the individual’s identity.”

Bireyinin is commonly found in formal or academic writing when discussing individual autonomy, rights, identity, or characteristics attributed to a single person, as opposed to a group. It can also appear in legal, sociological, or psychological discussions that emphasize the agency or status of a person as an autonomous unit.

Etymologically, bireyinin derives from birey (individual) with Turkish possessive/genitive suffixation. The exact suffix form may alternate with other genitive variants in Turkish depending on surrounding words and vowel harmony, but bireyinin specifically signals a genitive relation to a particular individual.

See also: birey, Turkish grammar, Turkish possessive and genitive suffixes.