Questions & Answers about Kaşlarını kaldırınca çok şaşırmış göründü.
Kaşlarını can be analyzed as:
- kaş = eyebrow
- -lar = plural
- -ı = his/her/their
- -nı = accusative ending
So kaşlarını kaldırmak means to raise his/her eyebrows.
A very common point for learners is that Turkish often uses a possessive ending with body parts:
- elini kaldırdı = he/she raised his/her hand
- gözlerini kapadı = he/she closed his/her eyes
- kaşlarını kaldırdı = he/she raised his/her eyebrows
Even though English often just says raised his eyebrows, Turkish builds that ownership directly into the noun.
Because kaşlarını is the direct object of kaldırmak (to raise / lift).
In Turkish, specific direct objects usually take the accusative. Here, the eyebrows are specific: his/her eyebrows, not just eyebrows in general.
Compare:
- kaş kaldırmak = to raise eyebrows in a general sense
- kaşlarını kaldırmak = to raise his/her eyebrows
So the -nı marks the object as definite/specific.