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dawn

 
 
/dɔːn/ noun [U]

Translation

the early morning when light first appears in the sky
şafak vakti, seher vakti
We woke at dawn.1572
the dawn of sth literary the time when something began
bir şeyin başlama vakti
the dawn of civilization → See also the crack of dawn2170
(Definition of dawn noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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