No. 2,682 in Turkish
yemin
Oath.
In a sentence
Eda, yemin ederek bu konuda doğruyu söylediğini belirtti.
Eda expressed that she was telling the truth about this matter by swearing.
Here, 'yemin' refers to the act of swearing or taking an oath to stress sincerity or truthfulness.
Avukat, mahkemede yemin etmek zorundadır.
A lawyer must take an oath in court.
'Yemin' is used here as a legal requirement to affirm a commitment to honesty and integrity.
Bu kadar yolculuktan sonra artık yemin ederim eve gitmek istiyorum.
After all this traveling, I swear that I just want to go home now.
In this context, 'yemin' is used in an informal manner to emphasize the sincerity of the statement.
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