No. 2,075 in Turkish
çetin
Difficult; tough; challenging.
In a sentence
Çetin bir sınava girdik.
We took a difficult exam.
Here, 'çetin' means difficult, describing the challenging nature of the exam.
Olaylar çetinleşiyor, dikkatli olmalıyız.
Events are becoming tougher, we need to be cautious.
In this instance, 'çetin' conveys a sense of increasing difficulty or adversity in the context of evolving circumstances.
Çetin bugün bize çok güzel bir jest yaptı.
Çetin made a very kind gesture to us today.
Here, 'Çetin' is a proper noun, a common male first name in Turkish, unrelated to its adjective meaning.
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