Türkçesi

Türkçesi is a Turkish-language term formed from Türkçe, the Turkish word for the Turkish language, plus the third-person possessive suffix -si. Literally, Türkçesi conveys “its Turkish” or, in context, “the Turkish version/translation.” It is not the name of a separate language; rather, it marks the Turkish form of a word, phrase, or text when comparing or translating.

In use, Türkçesi appears in dictionaries, bilingual texts, and translations to indicate the Turkish rendering of a term or sentence. Examples: Bu kelimenin Türkçesi nedir? (What is the Turkish equivalent of this word?) veya Bu cümlenin Türkçesi şöyle: … (The Turkish version of this sentence is as follows: …) The form can attach to proper nouns or loanwords to specify their Turkish form.

Morphology and usage: Türkçe is the noun for the Turkish language. The suffix -si follows Turkish vowel harmony and attaches to the noun as a possessive/derivative morpheme, producing Türkçesi. Turkish spelling conventions apply, including the letters ç, ş, ı, ö, ü, and others appropriate to Turkish orthography.

Relation to language name: Türkçe denotes the language itself; Türkçesi is a grammatical form used when discussing a Turkish version or translation of something. It is not a separate entity from the language’s standard name, Türkiye Türkçesi (Turkish of Turkey) being a related, longer form used in formal contexts.

See also: Turkish language, Turkish grammar, Turkish alphabet, translation.