This is the 16910th most frequent Turkish word.
ölmüş
"Dead."
Here, "ölmüş" describes the state of something (the tree) that died or ceased to live in the past.
Bu eski ağaç, uzun zaman önce ölmüş.
This old tree died a long time ago.
In this context, "ölmüş" conveys the information about the parrot's death as an event that occurred earlier than the current time.
Hayvanat bahçesindeki papağan, geçen hafta ölmüş.
The parrot in the zoo died last week.
In this sentence, "ölmüş" refers to the past occurrence of death concerning a person.