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çalmalarndan

Çalmalarndan is a Turkish inflected form built from the verb root çal- with the noun çalma, which can have multiple meanings in Turkish, typically “the act of stealing” or “a musical performance.” The form çalmalarından combines plural, possessive, and ablative suffixes to convey “from their acts” in a specific sense. Because çalma is polysemous, çalmalarından can mean “from their thefts” or “from their performances,” depending on context.

Morphology and meaning: The base çalma can refer to stealing or to playing an instrument. The plural

Usage: Çalmalarından appears in Turkish texts when indicating origin or source related to the acts described

See also: Turkish grammar; Turkish suffixes; Turkish noun formation; Turkish verb-to-noun derivation.

Note: As with many Turkish forms, the precise interpretation of çalmalarından depends on the surrounding discourse,

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suffix
-lar
yields
çalmalar
(acts
of
stealing
or
performances).
The
subsequent
suffixes
mark
possession
and
source,
resulting
in
the
ablative
plural
form
that
translates
roughly
as
“from
their
…,”
with
the
exact
sense
determined
by
the
surrounding
text.
This
makes
çalmalarından
a
grammatical
form
rather
than
a
standalone
lexical
item
with
a
single
fixed
meaning.
by
çalma.
Because
of
its
polysemy,
translators
or
readers
must
rely
on
context
to
determine
whether
the
passage
speaks
of
thefts
or
musical
performances.
It
is
primarily
a
syntactic
tool
for
expressing
origin
rather
than
a
commonly
used,
standalone
vocabulary
item.
and
native
usage
may
vary
between
regions
and
registers.