alma

This is the 660th most frequent Turkish word.


alma

"Alma" in Turkish means "apple."


In this context, "alma" means "don't take", where "alma" is the imperative negative form of the verb "almak".

Elmayı alma, o bozulmuş.

Don't take the apple, it's spoiled.


Here, "alma" is used as a nominal form derived from the verb "almak," meaning "the act of taking" or "buying" apples.

Sabaha karşı elma alma fikrini tartıştılar.

They discussed the idea of buying apples at dawn.


In this sentence, "alma" is part of the rhetorical expression describing a behavior, indirectly derived from "almak," here used metaphorically.

Onun sebepsiz yere alma tavırları beni şaşırttı.

His groundless possessive behavior surprised me.