No. 178 in Turkish
başlayan
"Başlayan" means "starting" or "beginning."
In a sentence
Yeni bir projeye başlayan ekip çok heyecanlı.
The team starting a new project is very excited.
Here 'başlayan' is used as a participle to describe the team that is starting the project.
Başlayan etkinlik büyük bir ilgi gördü.
The event that started received great interest.
In this sentence, 'başlayan' describes the event that has commenced.
Başlayan işe olan ilgi zamanla azaldı.
The interest in the work that started decreased over time.
Here, 'başlayan' refers to the work that has begun, acting as an adjective modifying 'işe'.
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