Kaybedilen

Kaybedilen is a Turkish participial adjective derived from the verb kaybetmek, meaning “to lose.” The suffix -ilen forms a passive past participle, yielding the sense “that has been lost” or “the lost.” It is used to modify a noun and can describe both objects and abstract concepts.

In everyday use, kaybedilen denotes loss or something irretrievably gone. It appears in phrases such as kaybedilen zaman (lost time), kaybedilen para (lost money), or kaybedilen umut (lost hope). In literature and journalism it can convey a thematic sense of deprivation or regret, emphasizing what has already been lost rather than the act of losing itself.

Grammatically, kaybedilen functions as a sıfat-fiil (participial adjective) and agrees with the noun it modifies. When referring to multiple lost items or people, it can take a plural form such as kaybedilen eşyalar or kaybedilenler (the lost ones). Although primarily an adjective, in some contexts it can serve as a noun phrase representing the lost group or things, for example kaybedilenler.

Distinguishing it from kayıp is useful: kaybedilen refers to something that has already been lost, often with a sense of consequence or lament, while kayıp is more general for missing or not found, and can also function as a noun (the missing person or thing).

Etymology traces kaybedilen to the verb kaybetmek, with the Turkish participial suffix -ilen producing a form that characterizes the affected noun as having undergone loss.