hastanelerdeki

Hastanelerdeki is an inflected Turkish expression that functions as a determiner or modifier meaning “in the hospitals” or “the ones in the hospitals.” It is formed from hastane (hospital) with the plural suffix -ler to make hastaneler (hospitals), the locative suffix -de (in/at), and the suffix -ki, which marks a relative or demonstrative reference to a previously mentioned set. The result is a compound modifier that specifies the location or subset of a noun phrase.

In usage, hastanelerdeki typically appears before a noun to indicate that the noun’s referent is located in hospitals. Examples include hastanelerdeki personel (the staff in the hospitals), hastanelerdeki hastalar (the patients in the hospitals), or hastanelerdeki altyapı (the infrastructure in hospitals). The form emphasizes specificity to hospitals rather than a general, unspecified location.

Semantically, hastanelerdeki conveys a sense of belonging or relevance to the hospital setting, and it is common in healthcare reporting, academic writing on hospital facilities, and descriptive descriptions of hospital environments. It can be contrasted with hastanelerde (in hospitals) when the definite subset “the ones in the hospitals” is not required.

Notes on usage: hastanelerdeki is primarily a modifier within noun phrases and is often complemented by additional descriptors or determiners. In broader contexts, Turkish may also use more general phrases like hastanelerde to indicate location without the specific “the ones in” sense.