No. 2,351 in Turkish
etrafında
Around; surrounding; in the vicinity of.
In a sentence
Bahçedeki çocuklar ağacın etrafında oynuyordu.
The children in the garden were playing around the tree.
In this sentence, 'etrafında' indicates the children are physically surrounding the tree while playing.
Soru, genel olarak ekonomi etrafında dönüyor.
The question, in general, revolves around the economy.
Here, 'etrafında' is used metaphorically to indicate that the question is centered on or concerning the economy.
O masanın etrafında dört sandalye var.
There are four chairs around that table.
In this example, 'etrafında' describes the spatial arrangement of the chairs surrounding the table.
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