This is the 6563rd most frequent Turkish word.
arkadaş
Friend.
Here, 'arkadaş' is used in its plural form 'arkadaşlarım,' meaning 'my friends,' indicating a group of people with friendship relations.
Arkadaşlarım bugün beni kahve içmeye davet etti.
My friends invited me for coffee today.
Here, 'arkadaş' refers to a single person, specifically someone the speaker has befriended.
Yeni taşındığım mahallede çok iyi bir arkadaş edindim.
In the new neighborhood I moved to, I made a very good friend.
'Arkadaş' is used here as 'arkadaşı,' meaning '[someone's] friend,' indicating relational possession and quality within the context of role play.