No. 1,222 in Turkish
aksi
"Opposite" or "contrary."
In a sentence
Bugün hava çok güzel aksi halde dışarı çıkmazdım.
The weather is very nice today, otherwise I wouldn't have gone out.
Here, "aksi halde" means "otherwise" or "if not" and is used to depict a conditional outcome if the stated condition was not met.
Onun aksi davranışlarından pek hoşlanmıyorum.
I do not really like his contrary behavior.
In this sentence, "aksi" refers to someone being contrary or having an opposing or defiant manner.
İşler aksi gitmeye başladı ve geciktik.
Things started going wrong, and we were delayed.
Here, "aksi gitmek" means "to go wrong" or "to take a bad turn," describing a series of unfavorable events.
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