Mıknatıs kadranın altında bulundu.

The magnet was found under the dial.

Breakdown of Mıknatıs kadranın altında bulundu.

• altında: under
• bulunmak: to be found
• mıknatıs: a magnet
• kadran: a dial

Questions & Answers about Mıknatıs kadranın altında bulundu.

Why is kadranın in the form -ın instead of just kadran?

Because altında is built from the noun alt (the bottom, lower part) and it usually combines with a noun before it in the genitive form.

So:

• kadran = dial
• kadranın = of the dial
• altı = its bottom / the space under it
• kadranın altı = the dial’s lower part / the area under the dial
• kadranın altında = under the dial

This is a very common Turkish pattern with location words like:

• üstünde = on top of
• altında = under
• içinde = inside
• önünde = in front of
• arkasında = behind

So kadranın altında literally works like at the dial’s underside / under the dial.

What exactly is altında made of?

Altında can be broken down like this:

• alt = bottom, lower part
• -ı = third-person possessive suffix, roughly its
• -nda = locative ending, in/on/at

So:

• altı = its lower part / its underside
• altında = at its lower part, under it

In the full phrase kadranın altında, the meaning is under the dial.

This structure is very normal in Turkish. These words often look like nouns rather than simple prepositions, even though in English we translate them with prepositions like under, on, behind, etc.