arkadaslarim

Arkadaşlarım is a Turkish term that means “my friends.” It is the first-person plural possessive form of the noun arkadaÅŸ (friend). The word is built by adding the plural suffix -lar (arkadaşlar) to arkadaÅŸ, and then the first-person singular possessive suffix -ım to obtain arkadaşlarım, literally “my friends.” In standard Turkish orthography the word is written as arkadaşlarım; ascii-only writing often renders it as arkadaslarim.

In Turkish, arkadaÅŸ means friend or companion, while arkadaslar (plural) means friends. The possessive form -ım attaches to the plural to indicate ownership by the speaker and does not alter the base meaning beyond showing who the friends belong to. Turkish uses vowel harmony and consonant changes typical of agglutinative morphology, but arkadaşlarım follows the regular pattern: arkadaÅŸ + lar (plural) + ım (my). The construction is common in everyday speech, writing, and digital communication, and can be followed by verb phrases to describe actions involving one’s friends.

Usage notes include occasional alternates such as arkadaşlarımla (with my friends) when indicating accompaniment, or arkadaşlarımın (of my friends) when marking possession in a broader grammatical context. The term is widely understood across Turkish-speaking communities and appears in conversations, social media, and informal writing to refer to the speaker’s circle of friends.

See also: arkadaÅŸ (friend), arkadaÅŸlık (friendship), arkadaşça (friendly).