Evdeki

Evdeki is a Turkish grammatical form formed from the noun ev (house) plus the locative suffix -de (in/at) and the relative suffix -ki. The combination yields a meaning close to “the one(s) at home” or “the thing/people that is/are at home.” It functions as a determiner that attributes location to a following noun, or, in some uses, to a nominal phrase meaning “the people at home” or “the thing at home.”

Usage in Turkish centers on modification of a head noun. The phrase evdeki + noun translates as “the … at home.” Examples include evdeki çocuk (the child at home), evdeki misafirler (the guests at home), and evdeki kişi (the person at home). The form is versatile with singular and plural nouns: evdeki çocuk, evdeki çocuklar, evdeki kişiler.

Related forms include evdekiler, a plural noun meaning “the people at home” or “those who are at home,” used independently as a noun phrase. The construction reflects Turkish morphology in which -de marks location and -ki marks a relative specification, allowing a compact expression to refer to members of a set defined by their presence at a location.

Notes on usage: evdeki is commonly encountered in everyday Turkish, in narratives, descriptions, and conversations. It is distinct from the noun phrase evde bulunan, which can be used to express a similar idea with a different nuance, and from phrases that explicitly specify possession or absence. Overall, evdeki is a standard, productive form for specifying “at home” in Turkish syntax.