Ömürlük dostluk, zor zamanlarda insana güç verir.

Ömürlük means lifelong, for life, or lasting a lifetime.

It is built from:

• ömür = life, lifetime
• -lük = a suffix that can mean for, related to, or suitable for

So ömürlük dostluk literally means something like lifetime friendship or friendship for life.

The suffix appears as -lık / -lik / -luk / -lük depending on vowel harmony. Since ömür contains the vowel ü, the form here is -lük.

Dostluk means friendship.

It comes from:

• dost = close friend
• -luk = a common noun-forming suffix

This suffix often creates abstract nouns or concepts:

• iyi → iyilik = goodness
• çocuk → çocukluk = childhood
• dost → dostluk = friendship

So dostluk is the abstract idea or state of being friends.

Zor zamanlarda means in difficult times.

Breakdown:

• zor = difficult
• zaman = time
• zamanlar = times
• zamanlarda = in times

The ending -da / -de / -ta / -te is the locative case, often meaning in, at, or on.

So:

• zor zamanlar = difficult times
• zor zamanlarda = in difficult times

Also notice that the adjective zor does not take a plural ending. In Turkish, only the noun is pluralized here.

İnsana is the dative form of insan.

• insan = person, human
• insana = to a person / for a person

The verb güç vermek means to give strength, and the person receiving that strength is marked with the dative case.

So:

• insana güç verir = gives strength to a person

In English, we might say gives a person strength or gives strength to people.

It can feel like all of those, depending on context.

In Turkish, a singular noun is often used in a generic sense. So insana here does not necessarily mean one specific person. It can mean:

• to a person
• to people
• to a human being
• to one

So the sentence is making a general statement, not talking about one specific individual.

Here, güç is the direct object, but it is indefinite/non-specific, so it appears without the accusative ending.

Compare:

• güç verir = gives strength
• gücü verir = gives the strength

In Turkish, a definite direct object usually takes the accusative case, but an indefinite one often stays bare.

So insana güç verir means gives a person strength, not gives the strength.

Verir is the aorist form of vermek (to give).

In many sentences, the Turkish aorist works like the English simple present, especially for:

• general truths
• habits
• repeated actions
• timeless statements

So here:

• verir = gives

The sentence is expressing a general truth:

Lifelong friendship gives people strength in difficult times.

Because Turkish normally prefers Subject–Object–Verb order, and the verb often comes last.

This sentence is arranged roughly like this:

• Ömürlük dostluk = subject
• zor zamanlarda = time/location phrase
• insana = indirect object
• güç = direct object
• verir = verb

So Turkish naturally puts the main verb at the end of the clause.

English usually says:

• Lifelong friendship gives a person strength in difficult times.

Turkish usually says:

• Lifelong friendship, in difficult times, to a person, strength gives.

That literal order sounds strange in English, but it is normal in Turkish.

The comma helps separate the topic from the rest of the sentence.

• Ömürlük dostluk, ... = As for lifelong friendship, ...

It gives a slight pause and emphasis. The sentence could often appear without the comma too, but with the comma it feels a bit more like the speaker is presenting ömürlük dostluk as the topic.

So the comma is not changing the core grammar very much; it mainly affects style and emphasis.

Turkish does not have articles exactly like English a/an and the.

Whether something is definite or indefinite is usually understood from:

• context
• word order
• case endings

For example:

• güç verir = gives strength
• gücü verir = gives the strength

And insana can mean to a person or to people in general, depending on context.

So Turkish often leaves article-like meanings unstated unless something in the grammar makes them clear.

Yes. That is a very natural way to understand it.

Turkish often places a descriptive word before a noun:

• ömürlük dostluk = lifelong friendship / friendship for life

So ömürlük functions like an adjective here. It describes what kind of friendship it is.

Possible English renderings include:

• lifelong friendship
• friendship for life
• a friendship that lasts a lifetime

All reflect the same Turkish structure.