No. 1,470 in Turkish

bakan

Minister

In a sentence

Bakan, yeni projeler hakkında bir açıklama yaptı.
The minister made a statement about new projects.
Here, 'bakan' refers to 'minister', a government official responsible for certain tasks or departments.
Bahçeye bakan pencereyi açabilir misin?
Can you open the window overlooking the garden?
In this context, 'bakan' is used as an adjective meaning 'looking at' or 'overlooking'.
Dışarıya bakan çocuk, sessizce bir şeyler mırıldandı.
The child looking outside murmured something quietly.
The term 'bakan' here functions as a participle meaning 'looking'.

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