No. 4,555 in Turkish
batar
"Sink" or "it sinks."
In a sentence
Bu bataklığın içine girersen batarsın.
If you enter this swamp, you will sink.
Here, 'batarsın' conveys the action of sinking into a swamp, emphasizing a literal meaning of the word.
Adam yanlış bir yatırım yaptı ve işleri ters gidince borç batağına battı.
The man made a wrong investment and when things went wrong, he sank into a swamp of debt.
In this sentence, 'battı' is used metaphorically to indicate falling into debt or financial problems.
Güneş her akşam denizin üzerine doğru batar.
The sun sets over the sea every evening.
The word 'batar' here relates to the natural phenomenon of the sun 'setting' below the horizon.
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