Kökün

kökün is a Turkish word-formation that represents the second-person singular possessive form of the noun kök, which means root, origin, or stem. The form is created by attaching the possessive suffix -ün to kök. Because Turkish uses vowel harmony, the suffix appears as -ün after the vowel ö, yielding kökün. In this sense, kökün literally translates to “your root” or “your origin.”

The base noun kök has several related senses. It can denote the root of a plant, the botanical root; it can refer to the etymological or linguistic root of a word; and it can be used metaphorically to mean a person’s or a group’s origin, ancestry, or fundamental basis. As a grammatical form, kökün functions as a noun with a possessive determiner and can appear in various syntactic positions depending on the sentence.

Usage notes emphasize that kökün is not a standalone lexical entry but a morphological inflection of kök. It commonly occurs in contexts dealing with origins, foundations, or lineage, and is more frequent in literary, poetic, or anthropological discourse than in everyday casual speech. In written Turkish, kökün is typically found as part of larger phrases such as discussions of roots, origins, or cultural heritage, rather than as a simple independent utterance.

See also: Turkish language, kök, possessive suffixes in Turkish, etymology.