No. 1,232 in Turkish
emekli
Retired.
In a sentence
Dedem artık emekli ve evde vakit geçiriyor.
My grandfather is now retired and spends time at home.
Here, "emekli" is used as an adjective to describe the state of being retired.
Emekli olduktan sonra yeni hobiler edinmeye başladı.
After retiring, he started pursuing new hobbies.
In this sentence, "emekli olmak" is used as a verb phrase to indicate the action of retiring.
Kendi işinde çalışıyordu, fakat artık emeklilik dönemini yaşıyor.
He used to work in his own business, but now he is living his retirement period.
Here, "emeklilik" refers to the period or state of retirement as a noun.
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