ölçeini

ölçeini is a Turkish grammatical form derived from the noun ölçek, which means scale, measuring instrument, or gauge. In standard Turkish spelling the corresponding definite accusative form is ölçeğini, which marks both possession (second person) and the direct object of the sentence. The variant ölçeini may appear in texts that omit diacritical marks or in informal writing, but ölçeğini is the form typically encountered in formal usage.

Morphology and formation: ölçek forms a possessive with the person suffix, yielding ölçeğin (your scale) or onun ölçeği (his/her/its scale) in different contexts. When the noun is further marked for definite direct object, the accusative suffix -i is added, producing ölçeğini (your scale as the object) in standard Turkish. The spelling ölçeini represents a nonstandard or dialectal/typographic variant of the same morpheme sequence.

Usage: ölçeğini appears in sentences where a speaker refers to someone’s scale as the object of a verb. Examples include: Ölçeğini getir. (Bring your scale.) Öyleyse ölçeğini kullanarak ölçümü yap. (Then, use your scale to take the measurement.) In formal writing, ölçeğini is preferred; ölçeini may appear in casual or nonstandard texts.

Related terms: ölçek (scale, measuring instrument), ölçü (measurement, measure), ölçüm (measurement process). The forms hinge on Turkish possessive and accusative suffixes, illustrating how Turkish constructs ownership and definiteness in a single noun phrase.

See also: Turkish grammar on possessive suffixes, Turkish orthography, measurement vocabulary.