No. 756 in Turkish
yarı
"Yarı" means "half" in English.
In a sentence
Kupa maçının ilk yarısı çok heyecanlı geçti.
The first half of the cup match was very exciting.
In this sentence, 'yarısı' (a form of 'yarı') means 'half', referring to one of two equal time segments of the match.
Gün ışığının yarı aydınlattığı odada oturuyordu.
He was sitting in the room half-lit by sunlight.
Here, 'yarı' refers to something being partial, implying incomplete or partial lighting.
O, Türk ve İngiliz olmak üzere yarı Türk'tür.
He is half Turkish, being a mixture of Turkish and English.
In this context, 'yarı' denotes a proportion or fraction, indicating being half of his heritage is Turkish.
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