No. 2,674 in Turkish
yatay
Horizontal.
In a sentence
Duvarın üstüne bir yatay çizgi çizdim.
I drew a horizontal line on the wall.
The word "yatay" is used as an adjective to describe the orientation of the line, indicating that it is horizontal.
Kitaplar yatay şekilde dizilmişti.
The books were arranged horizontally.
Here, "yatay" is used as an adverb modifying the verb "dizilmişti" to describe how the books were arranged—horizontally.
Masanın üzerindeki yatay düzen dikkatimi çekti.
The horizontal arrangement on the table caught my attention.
In this sentence, "yatay" again functions as an adjective, describing the type of arrangement on the table.
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