vücudunun

Vücudunun is a Turkish noun phrase that designates possession of a body by a third person. It is formed from the noun vücut (body) and is used in contexts where the body belonging to someone is being discussed. In Turkish, phrases like vücudunun durumu or vücudunun sağlığı appear in more complex noun phrases to indicate possession by another noun in the sentence.

Etymology and sense: The Turkish word vücut comes from the Arabic wujūd, meaning existence or presence, and in Turkish it acquired the sense of “body” as well as related meanings in formal or medical language. The form vücudunun represents a possessive construction that indicates “the body of (someone)” within a noun phrase. It is most commonly encountered in technical or descriptive writing, including medical, philosophical, or literary contexts.

Usage: Vücudunun connects with a possessor outside the phrase, often to specify the condition or attributes of that body. Examples include: Hastanın vücudunun durumu bugün değerlendirildi. (The patient’s body’s condition was evaluated today.) Doktor, hastanın vücudunun çeşitli bölgelerini muayene etti. (The doctor examined various regions of the patient’s body.) Onun vücudunun sağlığı gençliğe bağlı değildir. (His/her body’s health is not dependent on youth.)

Notes: In everyday Turkish, simpler structures such as onun vücudu (his/her body) or X’in vücudu (X’s body) are more common for straightforward ownership. Vücudunun tends to appear in sentences that require a nested possessive or emphasis on the body within a larger possessive construction.

See also: vücut, wujud (etymology-related term).