This is the 7943rd most frequent Turkish word.
korkut
"To frighten" or "to scare."
In this sentence, 'korkuttun' is the conjugated form of the verb 'korkutmak,' meaning 'to scare' or 'to frighten.' Here it is used in the past tense to describe an action of causing fear.
Küçük kardeşini korkuttun, şimdi özür dile.
You scared your little sibling, now apologize.
Here, 'korkuttu' is also derived from 'korkutmak' and refers to the action of being frightened unexpectedly, emphasizing the abruptness of the action.
Birisi beni ansızın korkuttu, bu yüzden çığlık attım.
Someone suddenly scared me, so I screamed.
In this example, 'korkutması' indicates the causative form of 'korkutmak,' used with the possessive suffix to denote the action of scaring as being done by another subject in a compound sentence.