Odalarndan

Odalarından is a Turkish expression meaning “from their rooms” or “out of their rooms.” It is an inflected form built from the noun odalar (rooms) combined with Turkish possessive and case suffixes, expressing origin or movement away from a location that belongs to others.

Morphology and formation: The base odalar is the plural of oda (room). In Turkish, to indicate possession for third-person plural (their), the suffix -ları (or -leri, depending on vowel harmony) is added, giving odaları. The ablative suffix -dan (or -den, again based on vowel harmony) then attaches to form odalarının + dan, which contracts phonologically to odalarından. In short, odalarından results from the sequence plural, possessive (their), and ablative (from).

Usage: Odalarından is used to describe leaving, coming from, or originating in someone else’s rooms. It is common in narrative, descriptive writing, or instructions where the location of someone’s rooms is relevant. Examples include: Odalarından çıktı. (He/She left from their rooms.) Odalarından gelen sesleri duydu. (They heard sounds coming from their rooms.)

Variants and related forms: From their rooms is odalarından. If referring to your rooms, the form is odalarınızdan. For my rooms, odalarımdan. For our rooms, odalarımızdan. These forms share the same suffix chain (plural -lar, possessive -ları/ları, ablative -dan) with adjustments for the possessor and phonology.

See also: Turkish grammar, possessive suffixes, ablative case, noun inflection.