Bulundurulmal

Bulundurulmal is a Turkish verbal-nominal form associated with the verb bulundurmak, which means to keep, possess, or provide. The core idea expresses a requirement or obligation related to keeping something in a given place or state. In standard Turkish, the related fully formed obligation clause uses bulundurulmalı (or bulundurulmalı-). The form bulundurulmal appears mainly as a stem or in linguistic analyses and is not commonly used as a standalone word in everyday language. The typical construction for expressing obligation is bulundurulmalı, meaning “should be kept” or “must be kept.”

Morphology and meaning: bulundurmak is the base verb. Its passive form is bulundurulmak (to be kept/received). Adding the obligation suffix -malı/-meli yields bulundurulmalı, conveying necessity or duty. This combination is widely used in formal writing, regulations, and instruction manuals to indicate that a thing ought to be kept in a specified manner or location. The sense can be strengthened or weakened by context or additional modifiers, such as specifying what is to be kept and where.

Usage: bulundurulmalı is used to state duties or requirements. Examples include: “Güvenlik için bu belgeler bulundurulmalı.” (For security, these documents must be kept.) or “Yedek parçalar güvenli yerde bulundurulmalıdır.” (Spare parts should be kept in a secure place.) In legal or administrative texts, similar constructions appear to impose or describe obligations related to possession or maintenance of items.

See also: Turkish grammar, the suffix -malı/-meli indicating obligation, bulundurmak, bulundurulmak.