No. 1,657 in Turkish
yoksulluk
Poverty.
In a sentence
Yoksulluk, toplumdaki birçok sorunun kökeninde yer alır.
Poverty lies at the root of many issues within society.
Here, 'yoksulluk' is used as a noun to indicate the general state of poverty acting as a subject in the sentence.
Yoksulluğa karşı alınması gereken önlemler nelerdir?
What measures should be taken against poverty?
In this sentence, 'yoksulluk' is in its dative form 'yoksulluğa,' indicating the target of measures within a discussion context.
Çocukların yoksulluk altında büyümesi onların geleceğini etkileyebilir.
Growing up under poverty can affect the future of children.
The term 'yoksulluk' is used here as a descriptive noun to specify conditions under which something occurs.
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