Çöllükten

Çöllükten is a Turkish word meaning “from the desert” or “out of the desert.” It is formed from çöllük, a noun referring to a desert area or desert-like landscape, which itself is derived from çöl (desert) with the suffix that creates a place-based noun. An ablative construction attaches to çöllük to express origin, yielding çöllükten. The form is commonly used to indicate the starting point of movement or emergence and can be employed metaphorically to evoke aridity or distance.

In usage, çöllükten typically appears in descriptive prose or poetry and is less frequent in everyday speech. It conveys more than simple geography; it can suggest the harshness, dryness, or vastness associated with a desert region. The expression integrates smoothly into sentences that describe origin, escape, arrival, or atmosphere stemming from a desert place.

Examples:

- O, çöllükten çıktı. (He/they came out from the desert.)

- Çöllükten gelen rüzgâr yüzümü yaladı. (The wind coming from the desert brushed my face.)

Related terms include çöl (desert) and çöllük (desert area), which share the same semantic field but differ in grammatical function. Çöllükten is one of several Turkish constructions that mark origin from a geographical noun, often used to heighten imagery or specify a source in narrative contexts.