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dünyadaki

Dünyadaki is a Turkish grammatical form that functions as an adjective or determiner meaning “in the world,” “in the world’s,” or “worldwide” depending on context. It is used to limit or specify a noun by location relative to the world. The form is built from dünya, the word for world, plus the locative suffix -da and the suffix -ki, yielding dünyadaki.

Morphologically, -da marks a location (in/at/on), and -ki adds a sense of a definite, relative reference to

Common usage patterns include phrases such as dünyadaki ülkeler (the countries in the world), dünyadaki yaşam

Capitalization follows Turkish orthography: düyndefkadaki is normally written in lowercase unless it appears at the beginning

In sum, dünyadaki is a productive Turkish locative-relative construction that helps express location, scope, or comparison

the
noun
it
accompanies.
The
resulting
compound
acts
like
an
attributive
modifier
placed
before
a
noun.
Because
Turkish
is
an
agglutinative
language,
this
kind
of
multi-suffix
construction
is
common
for
conveying
precise
spatial
or
topical
relationships
without
needing
separate
words.
(the
life
in
the
world
or
life
on
Earth),
and
dünyanın
en
yüksek
dağı
(the
highest
mountain
in
the
world).
In
Turkish,
such
phrases
are
flexible
and
can
be
expanded
with
additional
modifiers,
for
example,
dünyanın
en
büyük
şehri
(the
largest
city
in
the
world).
of
a
sentence.
It
is
not
a
standalone
proper
noun;
rather,
it
is
a
formed
adjective/determiner
used
within
sentences
to
anchor
a
noun
to
global
scope
or
context.
relative
to
the
world,
and
is
widely
used
in
everyday
and
formal
Turkish
alike.