This is the 10874th most frequent Turkish word.
detektif
Detective.
The word 'detektif' is used as a noun referring to a detective as a profession.
Bir detektif, olay yerinde şüpheli izler arıyordu.
A detective was searching for suspicious traces at the crime scene.
In this sentence, 'detektif' is used as an adjective to describe the type of novels (detective novels).
Detektif romanları okuyarak gizem çözmeye bayılırım.
I love solving mysteries by reading detective novels.
Here, 'detektif' is a noun used in a comparative sense, suggesting a manner of thinking similar to that of a detective.