No. 1,523 in Turkish
gök
Sky.
In a sentence
Gökyüzü bugün çok mavi ve berrak.
The sky is very blue and clear today.
Here, 'gökyüzü' refers to the physical sky, which includes the word 'gök' to signify 'sky'.
Oğlumun hayalindeki renk gökmavi.
The color of my son's dream is sky blue.
In this case, 'gökmavi' is a compound word meaning 'sky blue,' utilizing 'gök' to describe the shade of blue.
Yükseklerden uçan kuşları görünce gözüm göğe daldı.
When I saw the birds flying high, my eyes gazed into the sky.
Here, 'göğe' is the dative case of 'gök,' meaning 'to the sky,' pointing towards a direction.
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