topilgan

Topilgan is a word from Turkic languages, most commonly Uzbek, where it functions as a past participle meaning "found" or "collected." It is formed from the verb top- meaning to find or to gather, plus the suffix -ilgan, which creates a passive or perfective participle used as an adjective.

In Uzbek grammar, topilgan can describe information, items, or data that have been located or assembled. For example, topilgan ma'lumotlar means collected data, and topilgan buyumlar refers to found items. The form is flexible and can modify nouns in both singular and plural contexts, and it can appear in formal or technical discourse to indicate that the subject has been identified or compiled.

Across related Turkic languages, similar participial formations exist with different suffixes. In Turkish, for instance, corresponding meanings are expressed with -miş or -miş, while in Kazakh or Kyrgyz comparable forms use suffixes such as -ған or -ген to convey a past participle meaning.

Etymology traces topilgan to the Proto-Turkic root *top- meaning "to find" or "to gather" with the suffix -ilgan to derive a past participle.

Besides its linguistic use, topilgan may appear as a surname or place name in some Central Asian contexts, though such uses are uncommon and not part of standard dictionaries.

See also: Turkic languages, Uzbek grammar, participles, data collection.