No. 278 in Turkish
yangın
"Yangın" means "fire" (as in an uncontrolled blaze).
In a sentence
Ormanda büyük bir yangın çıktı.
A large fire broke out in the forest.
In this sentence, 'yangın' is used to denote a destructive fire, specifically in a forest as the context suggests.
Yangın alarmı, her sabah yanlışlıkla çalıyor.
The fire alarm rings by mistake every morning.
Here, 'yangın' is part of a compound noun 'yangın alarmı', which means fire alarm.
Yangına körükle gitmek kötü sonuçlar doğurabilir.
Throwing fuel to the fire can lead to bad outcomes.
In this idiomatic usage, 'yangın' metaphorically represents an escalating conflict or issue.
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