mparatorluunun

Mparatorluunun is a Turkish morphological form that functions as the genitive or possessive of the noun imparatorluk (empire). It expresses a relationship equivalent to “of the empire” or “the empire’s.” In standard Turkish orthography, the corresponding canonical form is imparatorluğun, which would appear in sentences to mark possession. The lowercase variant mparatorluunun can occur in contexts where capitalization is not observed, but it is not treated as a separate lexical item in Turkish grammar.

Usage and examples

The form is used to connect a possessed noun to its possessor within a noun phrase. For example, imparatorluğun ordusu means “the empire’s army.” Other possible constructions include imparatorluğun başkenti (“the empire’s capital”) and imparatorluğun tarihi (“the empire’s history”). The same genitive/possessive mechanism applies across Turkish, enabling possession to be shown directly on the noun rather than by prepositions.

Linguistic notes

Turkish possessive and genitive marking relies on suffixation rather than prepositional phrases. The form derived from imparatorluk is chosen according to standard Turkish suffix harmony rules, and the exact spelling may vary with sentence position and capitalization conventions. Mparatorluunun itself is not an independent lexical entry; it is a inflected form used to convey possession.

See also

Imparatorluk, Turkish grammar, Genitive case, Possessive suffixes in Turkish.