Kategorinin

Kategorinin is a Turkish grammatical form meaning “of the category” or “the category’s.” It is the genitive (possessive) construction formed from the noun kategori (category) by adding the genitive suffix, which in Turkish has several allomorphs such as -ın, -in, -un, -ün depending on vowel harmony. In many common usages the form kategorinin is used to express possession, attribution, or attributional relation to a category.

As a genitive form, kategorinin typically appears in noun phrases that describe something related to a particular category. For example, it can introduce what belongs to or is associated with a category, such as its contents, scope, or characteristics. The following phrases illustrate its function: kategorinin içeriği (the content of the category) and kategorinin kapsamı (the category’s scope). In Turkish, the genitive noun often combines with other nouns without an article, and the overall relationship is indicated by the suffix rather than by word order alone.

Usage context for kategorinin is broad and common in academic, technical, and descriptive Turkish. It appears in discussions of taxonomies, classification schemes, metadata, and any discourse that compares, analyzes, or defines elements within a given category. The form is part of standard Turkish morphology and can be applied to other base nouns to express “of the [X]” relations.

See also: kategori, Turkish grammar, possessive/genitive suffix, Turkish morphology.