Breakdown of Tarayıcı yazılımı, metinleri otomatik olarak algılayabiliyor.
metin
the text
tarayıcı yazılımı
the scanning software
otomatik olarak
automatically
algılayabilmek
to be able to detect
Questions & Answers about Tarayıcı yazılımı, metinleri otomatik olarak algılayabiliyor.
What does tarayıcı mean and how is it formed?
Tarayıcı comes from the verb taramak (“to scan/comb”) plus the agent-forming suffix -ıcı (adjusted by vowel harmony). Literally it means “that which scans,” and in IT it’s used for “browser.”
Why is there a comma after Tarayıcı yazılımı?
The comma simply separates the subject (“Tarayıcı yazılımı”) from the predicate. In formal or technical Turkish, it’s common to put a comma after a long or complex subject. It’s optional—you could also write:
Tarayıcı yazılımı metinleri otomatik olarak algılayabiliyor.
Why does yazılımı end with -ı?
Here yazılımı is part of a compound noun—“browser software.” In such compounds, the second noun takes the 3rd-person singular possessive suffix -ı (“its software”), even though we don’t explicitly mark the genitive on tarayıcı. So tarayıcı yazılımı = “the software of the browser.”
What do the suffixes -ler and -i mean in metinleri?
They’re two separate endings:
• -ler marks plural (“texts”).
• -i is the definite accusative case, which Turkish adds to a specific direct object.
Together, metin + ler + i = metinleri (“the texts” as objects).