Tulajdona

Tulajdona is a Hungarian noun that denotes property or ownership belonging to someone. It is closely related to tulajdon, which more commonly means ownership or possession in general. Tulajdona tends to appear in formal, legal, or literary contexts and is rarely used in everyday speech.

Etymology and form: The word stems from the root tulajdon (ownership, property) with the suffix -a, creating a substantive that refers to the property itself rather than the person who owns it. Because of its archaic or literary flavor, tulajdona is less common in contemporary prose or conversation.

Usage and examples: Tulajdona designates the thing owned by a person. For example, a sentence like "Ez a ház az ő tulajdona" means "This house is his property." The term can appear in older texts or poetry to emphasize the property aspect rather than the owner, or in legal stylistics where precise phrasing is preferred.

Relation to related terms: Tulajdon denotes ownership or property in a broad sense, while tulajdonos means the owner. Birtok refers more to possession or estate, and tulajdonság means an attribute or characteristic. Tulajdona, by contrast, centers on the object that constitutes someone’s property.

See also: tulajdon, tulajdonos, birtok, tulajdonság.