Haberi

Haberi is a Turkish grammatical form derived from the noun haber, meaning news or report. It functions as the definite direct object form of haber, created by adding the suffix -i to indicate that the noun is the specific, definite object of the verb. In practice, haberi translates roughly as "the news" when it appears as the object in a sentence.

Etymology and usage: Haber comes from the Arabic khabar, meaning information or news, and entered Turkish through historical contact and language development. The haberi form is a common, everyday construction in Turkish, used when the speaker is referring to a specific item of news or information that is being acted upon by the verb. For example, in the sentence "Haberi gördüm" the verb sees the news, i.e., "I saw the news."

Notes: Turkish does not use separate articles in the way some other languages do; definite objects are created through suffixes like -i attached to the noun. The haberi form is therefore primarily a grammatical function rather than a separate lexical item with a distinct sense beyond "the news" as a definite object.

See also: Haber, Turkish grammar, Turkish language.