Zedelenmek

Zedelenmek is a Turkish verb meaning to be damaged or harmed, often in a physical, financial, or reputational sense. It describes a state where something has suffered impairment or injury and is now less sound or intact than before. The term can apply to objects, people, institutions, or abstract qualities such as a person’s reputation or a system’s integrity.

Etymology and formation: Zedelenmek is formed from the noun zede, meaning harm or damage, combined with the passive suffix -len- and the infinitive marker -mek. The result is a reflexive passive verb indicating that the subject has undergone harm or impairment.

Usage and contexts: The word is more common in formal, legal, journalistic, or descriptive Turkish than in everyday speech. It can describe physical damage to property, injury to a person, financial loss, or reputational harm. Examples include: Deprem sonrası birçok ev zedelendi. (Many houses were damaged after the earthquake.) Şirketin itibarı zedelendi. (The company’s reputation was harmed.)

Relation to other terms: Zedelenmek is closely related to zarar görmek (to suffer damage) and zarar vermek (to cause damage). Zedelenecek or zedelenmiş gibi forms may appear in different tenses or moods. In everyday Turkish, zararın söz konusu olması veya zararın ortaya çıkması gibi more common phrases may be used instead of zedelenmek in casual conversation.

Notes: Zedelenmek tends to be found in formal or technical contexts. For everyday talk about harm or damage, people often use zarara uğramak or zarar vermek.