fincanlarda

Fincanlarda is the Turkish locative plural form of fincan, meaning “in the cups” or “inside the teacups.” It is used to describe the location of objects or substances that are contained or placed within cups, such as tea or coffee, and is common in everyday speech and written Turkish when referring to serving arrangements or arrangements involving cups.

The word is formed through Turkish agglutination: fincan (cup) + -lar (plural) = fincanlar, then + -da (locative) = fincanlarda. The locative suffix -da/-de follows vowel harmony, so with the stem ending in a back vowel (a), it becomes -da, yielding fincanlarda after the plural -lar is added. This combination illustrates how Turkish stacks affixes to indicate number and location.

Usage examples include sentences like “Masada fincanlarda çay servis edildi” or “Çay fincanlarda sunuldu,” which refer to tea being served in cups. Fincanlarda can also appear in descriptive passages about meals, hospitality, or tea culture, emphasizing the container (the cup) as the site of the beverage rather than the beverage itself.

Etymology: fincan is a loanword from Persian and Arabic (finjan), meaning a small cup or teacup, adopted into Ottoman Turkish and maintained in modern Turkish. The plural and locative forms (-lar, -da) were added according to standard Turkish morphology, producing fincanlarda for “in the cups.”