dilinin

Dilinin is a Turkish grammatical form derived from the noun dil, which can mean language or tongue. It is produced by adding the second-person singular possessive suffix -in to the stem dil, creating a form that signals ownership by the person addressed. In usage, dilinin functions within a larger noun phrase to mean “of your language” or “of your tongue.”

In Turkish, possession is shown by suffixes, so dilinin appears in contexts that attribute something to the listener. The sense depends on context: when dil is interpreted as language, phrases such as dilinin önemi (“the importance of your language”) or dilinin akıcılığı (“the fluency of your language”) are common. If dil is taken as tongue, dilinin can refer to aspects of speech or articulation associated with the listener.

Turkish morphology allows related forms to arise with different suffix combinations, so dilinin may appear in various sentence positions and combine with adjectives or other nouns. The same root can yield related forms such as dilim, dilin, or dilimize depending on the possessor and case required by the sentence. The precise interpretation of dilinin thus depends on the surrounding context and the intended meaning of “your” in that sentence.

See also: dil, Turkish grammar, possessive suffixes.