Word
Morötesi ışık duvardaki kodu gösterdi.
Meaning
The ultraviolet light showed the code on the wall.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Morötesi ışık duvardaki kodu gösterdi.
göstermek
to show
duvar
the wall
kod
a code
morötesi ışık
ultraviolet light
Questions & Answers about Morötesi ışık duvardaki kodu gösterdi.
What does morötesi mean, and why is it one word?
Morötesi means ultraviolet.
It is built from:
- mor = purple / violet
- ötesi = beyond, the other side of
So the literal idea is beyond violet.
In modern Turkish, morötesi is commonly written as one word when it means ultraviolet. In this sentence, it works like an adjective before ışık.
Why is morötesi ışık in that order?
Turkish normally puts adjectives before the noun they describe.
So:
- morötesi ışık = ultraviolet light
This is the normal Turkish pattern:
- adjective + noun
Just like:
- büyük ev = big house
- mavi araba = blue car
Why is there no word for the or a in morötesi ışık?