Sepetim

Seppetim is a Turkish word formed from sepet, meaning basket, with the first-person possessive suffix -im. The combination yields “my basket” and, in broader contexts, “my cart.” It illustrates how Turkish creates possessive forms by attaching suffixes to nouns, with -im indicating the speaker’s ownership.

In literal use, sepet refers to a physical container used to carry items, such as a market basket, picnic basket, or woven carrying basket. Sepetim can be used in everyday speech to denote ownership of such a container, for example in phrases like “Sepetim ağır geliyor” (My basket feels heavy) or “Sepetim boş” (My basket is empty).

In modern and digital contexts, sepet translates as shopping cart. On many e-commerce platforms, the possessive form sepetim appears in labels or as a connected concept indicating the user’s own cart. Common phrases include “Sepetim boş” (My cart is empty) and “Sepetimi güncelle” (Update my cart). The term has thus shifted from a physical object to a metaphorical container for online purchases, while retaining its core meaning of possession.

Etymologically, sepet is a native Turkish noun, and adding the suffix -im creates the first-person possessive form sepetim. Turkish grammar employs vowel harmony to determine the exact shape of possessive suffixes, so -im appears after a stem like sepet.

See also: sepet, alışveriş sepeti, sepet ekle.