No. 440 in Turkish
plakalı
"Plakalı" means "having a license plate" or "with a license plate" in English.
In a sentence
Bu araba kırmızı plakalıdır.
This car has a red license plate.
'Plakalı' is used to describe possession of a license plate in a specific color (red in this case). It is derived from 'plaka' which means 'license plate'.
Evimizin kapısı numaralı ve plakalıdır.
The door of our house is numbered and labeled.
'Plakalı' indicates that the house's door is labeled, implying a label or plate is attached to it. The word 'plaka' means 'plate' or 'label'.
Şehirde birçok farklı plakalı araç gördük.
We saw many vehicles with different license plates in the city.
'Plakalı' is used here to reference the vehicles having various license plates. The suffix 'lı' is used with 'plaka' to indicate 'having a license plate'.
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