Sayı kilidi ve harf kilidi aynı kutuda.

The number lock and the letter lock are in the same box.

Breakdown of Sayı kilidi ve harf kilidi aynı kutuda.

• ve: and
• aynı: same
• kutu: the box
• sayı kilidi: a combination lock (numbers)

Questions & Answers about Sayı kilidi ve harf kilidi aynı kutuda.

What do the individual words in Sayı kilidi ve harf kilidi aynı kutuda. mean?

• sayı = number
• harf = letter
• kilit = lock
• ve = and
• aynı = same
• kutu = box

So:

• sayı kilidi = number lock / numeric lock
• harf kilidi = letter lock / alphabetic lock
• aynı kutuda = in the same box

Why is it kilidi and not kilit?

Because Turkish often forms noun compounds by adding the third-person possessive suffix to the second noun.

So:

• kilit = lock
• sayı kilidi = number lock
• harf kilidi = letter lock

The suffix here is basically -i, but kilit changes to kilid- before that suffix, so:

• kilit + i → kilidi

This sound change is very common in Turkish and is called consonant softening:

• t → d before a vowel in many words

So kilidi is not a different dictionary word; it is kilit with a suffix.

Is sayı kilidi a possessive phrase?