ana
/ana/
Definitions
1. mother
- atam bla anam — my father and my mother
- tabhan anası — his own mother
- qart ana — grandmother
- anam keldi — my mother came
2. dam, mother animal, the female of a beast
- ana qaz — a mother goose
- ana qaz artdan uçar — the mother goose flies up last
- ana qoy — a ewe with young
3. maternal, mother's
- ana jürek tıngısızdı — a mother's heart is never at rest
- ana qarnaş — an uncle on the mother's side
- ana quçağı — a mother's embrace
4. native, one's own — of a language or a literature
- ana tilibizni saqlarğa kerekbiz — we must preserve our native language
- ana til - ananı awazı — the native language is the mother's own voice
- ana jırla — the songs of one's own people
Related
atacounterpartfather; ancestor, forefather; paternal, of the father, ancestralanalıqqualitymotherhood, the state and the duties of being a mother; stepmother, a woman who raises a child not her own; the wedding gift presented to the bride's or bridegroom's motheranasızwithoutmotherless, left without a motheranaçıdealera midwife, a woman who delivers babies
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 20).Found in
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | anathe mother | analathe mothers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | ananıthe mother's | analanıthe mothers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | ananıthe mother (as the object) | analanıthe mothers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | anağato the mother | analağato the mothers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | anadaat / in the mother | analadaat / in the mothers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | anadanfrom the mother | analadanfrom the mothers | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | anammy mother | analarımmy mothers |
| your | anangyour mother | analarıngyour mothers |
| his / her | anasıhis / her mother | analarıhis / her mothers |
| our | anabızour mother | analarıbızour mothers |
| you all's | anağızyou all's mother | analarığızyou all's mothers |
| their | analarıtheir mother | analarıtheir mothers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: anaları can mean "his / her mothers", "their mother", or "their mothers" — context decides.