No. 1,930 in Turkish
kaçan
"Kaçan" means "escaping" or "runaway."
In a sentence
Fırsatı kaçan öğrenci üzgün görünüyordu.
The student who missed the opportunity seemed sad.
In this sentence, "kaçan" is used as a participle describing the student who missed the opportunity.
Kaçan balık büyük olur, derler.
They say that the fish that got away is always big.
Here, "kaçan" is used metaphorically for 'escaping' to describe the fish that slipped away.
Her zaman kaçan otobüs yüzünden işe geç kalıyorum.
I am always late to work because of the bus that leaves before I can catch it.
In this context, "kaçan" is used to describe the bus that escapes or leaves before the person can get on.
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