betimler

Betimler is a Turkish verb form and, in linguistic terms, the third person singular present tense of the verb betimlemek, which means to describe or depict. The form is used when the subject of the sentence is he, she, or it, and the action described is describing or portraying something in the present.

In use, betimlemek is a transitive verb that takes a direct object representing what is being described. The present tense form betimler signals that the describing occurs in the current time frame. This word commonly appears in literary criticism, journalism, and academic Turkish, where writers describe characters, scenes, concepts, or events.

Examples:

- Yazar, romanında karakterleri betimler. (The author describes the characters in the novel.)

- Görgü tanıkları, olayları betimler. (The witnesses describe the events.)

- Şair, doğa manzaralarını betimler. (The poet depicts the nature landscapes.)

Notes:

- Betimler is part of a larger paradigm for betimlemek, whose other forms include betimlerim (I describe), betimlersin (you describe), betimleriz (we describe), and so on.

- The related noun betim is sometimes used to denote a description or depiction, though betimlemek is the more common verb form in standard Turkish.

See also: betimlemek, betimleme, betimsel.