No. 3,783 in Turkish
çocukluk
"Çocukluk" means "childhood" in English.
In a sentence
Çocukluk, hayatımızın en saf dönemidir.
Childhood is the purest period of our lives.
Used as a noun to denote a stage of life.
Bu parkta çocukluk yıllarımı geçirdim.
I spent my childhood years in this park.
Used to specify a time frame within the concept of childhood.
Onun yaptığı bu hata sadece bir çocukluktu.
The mistake he made was just a childish act.
Here it is meant metaphorically to indicate a naïve or immature action.
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