This is the 11336th most frequent Turkish word.
ekmeğini
"Ekmeğini" means "his/her/its bread" or "his/her/its means of livelihood" in English.
In this sentence, 'ekmeğini' metaphorically represents 'making a living' or 'earning sustenance.'
Hasan ekmeğini çiftlikte çalışarak kazanıyor.
Hasan earns his bread by working on the farm.
Here, 'ekmeğini' directly refers to bread as a food item and symbolizes effort to preserve necessary sustenance.
Kadın, ekmeğini kurta böceğe kaptırmamak için mücadele ediyordu.
The woman was fighting not to let her bread get snatched by pests.
In this context, 'ekmeğini' again represents the livelihood or income derived from the artist's profession.