No. 2,217 in Turkish
yengeç
Crab.
In a sentence
Yengeç plajda kumların üzerinde yürüyordu.
The crab was walking on the sand at the beach.
In this sentence, 'yengeç' is used to refer to the animal crab, representing its standard definition in Turkish.
Burçlara göre, Yengeçler duygusal ve hassas kişiliklere sahip.
According to astrology, Cancers have emotional and sensitive personalities.
Here, 'Yengeç' is capitalized and refers to the astrological zodiac sign, signifying individuals born under that specific time period.
Bazen insanlar yengeç gibi sert bir dış görünüşe sahip olabilir.
Sometimes, people can have a tough outer appearance like a crab.
In this example, 'yengeç' is used metaphorically to describe the outer appearance or perceived characteristics of a person.
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