No. 660 in Turkish
alma
"Alma" in Turkish means "apple."
In a sentence
Elmayı alma, o bozulmuş.
Don't take the apple, it's spoiled.
In this context, "alma" means "don't take", where "alma" is the imperative negative form of the verb "almak".
Sabaha karşı elma alma fikrini tartıştılar.
They discussed the idea of buying apples at dawn.
Here, "alma" is used as a nominal form derived from the verb "almak," meaning "the act of taking" or "buying" apples.
Onun sebepsiz yere alma tavırları beni şaşırttı.
His groundless possessive behavior surprised me.
In this sentence, "alma" is part of the rhetorical expression describing a behavior, indirectly derived from "almak," here used metaphorically.
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