Hâllerde

Hâllerde is a Turkish noun form meaning “in the states” or “under the circumstances.” It is the locative plural form of hâl, a word that conveys state, condition, or situation. The expression is used to refer to various conditions affecting a subject, often in formal or literary contexts.

Etymology and orthography: The root hâl comes from Arabic ḥāl and entered Turkish through Ottoman linguistic layers. In older Ottoman and some scholarly texts, the circumflex over the â is used to mark a historical lengthened vowel. In modern Turkish orthography, the diacritic is usually omitted, yielding hallerde as the standard spelling, while hâllerde is the form retained in contexts that preserve the historical spelling.

Morphology: The form arises from a combination of Turkish suffixes. The root hâl takes the plural suffix -ler to produce hâller (states). The locative suffix -de attaches to the plural, giving hâllerde (in the states). With modern orthography, this is written as hallerde.

Usage: Hâllerde appears in legal, administrative, historical, and literary Turkish to discuss how different states or conditions influence actions, decisions, or phenomena. It is not a common everyday word in casual speech, but it is frequently encountered in formal writing and translations from Ottoman or classical sources.

See also: Turkish language, Turkish grammar, hâl (state/condition), Ottoman Turkish, Arabic loanwords in Turkish.