No. 839 in Turkish
yerden
"From the ground" or "from the floor."
In a sentence
Kitabı yerden aldım.
I picked up the book from the ground.
Here, 'yerden' means 'from the ground', indicating the origin or point from where the book was picked up.
Bu söz yerden göğe kadar doğru.
This statement is completely true.
In this sentence, 'yerden' is part of the expression 'yerden göğe kadar' which is a Turkish idiom meaning complete agreement or truthfulness, literally 'from the ground to the sky'.
Yerden tasarruf etmek için duvar rafları kullanabiliriz.
We can use wall shelves to save space.
Here, 'yerden' refers to 'space', emphasizing saving or efficiently using physical area in a room.
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