We can use two nouns to construct a new noun by attaching the possession suffix (s)İ to the second noun:
handbag | el çantası |
backpack | sırt çantası |
cellphone | cep telefonu |
apple trees | elma ağaçları |
ankle | ayak bileği |
wrist | el bileği |
toe | ayak parmağı |
If we use possession suffixes in combination with compound nouns, the suffix of the compound noun disappears:
my handbag | el çantam |
your backpack | sırt çantan |
my father's cellphone | babamın cep telefonu |
our apple trees | elma ağaçlarımız |
Whose ankle? | Kimin ayak bileği? |
In the word babamın the possession suffix m, denoting that it is my father, is followed by the genitive suffix ın indicating that he in turn possesses the phone.