No. 552 in Turkish
deniz
Sea
In a sentence
Deniz çok güzeldi, bu yüzden tatilde sık sık yüzmeye gittik.
The sea was very beautiful, so we went swimming frequently during the vacation.
In this sentence, 'Deniz' means 'the sea' and it is used as a noun representing a body of water.
Deniz'in kedisi bahçede oynuyordu.
Deniz's cat was playing in the garden.
Here, 'Deniz' is used as a proper noun, representing a person's name.
Deniz manzaralı bir otelde kalmak istiyoruz.
We want to stay in a hotel with a sea view.
In this context, 'deniz' again refers to 'sea' but is used as a descriptive feature of the hotel.
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