kolaylatran

Kolaylatran is a Turkish form that appears in discussions of grammar to refer to the agent of a causative verb built from kolaylaştırmak, meaning to facilitate or to make easy. In standard Turkish, the regular agentive participle is easier to identify as kolaylaştıran rather than kolyaylatran. The form kolyaltaran is not part of the mainstream grammar and is generally regarded as nonstandard, a regional variation, or a misspelling.

Etymology and morphology: The base adjective is kolay (easy). The causative verb is kolaylaştırmak (to facilitate). The agentive participle is formed with the suffix -an, yielding kolaylaştıran, meaning “the one who facilitates.” The sequence that would produce kolaylatran does not conform to the common Turkish derivational pattern, which is why kolaylaştıran is the normative form in authoritative grammar.

Usage: In contemporary Turkish, one would typically use kolaylaştıran to modify a noun or introduce a relative clause: “Projeyi kolaylaştıran ekip” (the team that facilitates the project). If a speaker intends to refer to a person whose role is to facilitate, a more natural noun form is kolaylaştırıcı (facilitator). Thus, kolaylatran is not standard for referring to a facilitator in modern Turkish, and its appearance is usually considered a mistake or a nonstandard variant.

See also: Turkish grammar, participles, causative verbs, Turkish morphology, kolaylaştırmak.