anay

/anaj/ · plural anayla

(n.) mother, mama (endear.) — An affectionate word found mainly in folklore, songs and tales, used when fondly addressing one's mother or an older woman. In tales oy anay is also used to address a monster.

oy anay-anay — oh mama, mama
anay deb qıçırırğa — to call out "mama"
anay da eski tonun juwa — mother too washes her old coat
anayım, qaydasa — my mama, where are you

Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of anay, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	anaythe mother	anayımmy mother	anayıŋyour mother	anayıhis mother	anayıbızour mother	anayığızyou all's mother	anaylarıtheir mothers
Genitive	anaynıthe mother's	anayımımy mother's	anayıŋıyour mother's	anayınıhis mother's	anayıbıznıour mother's	anayığıznıyou all's mother's	anaylarınıtheir mothers'
Accusative	anaynıthe mother (as the object)	anayımımy mother (as the object)	anayıŋıyour mother (as the object)	anayınhis mother (as the object)	anayıbıznıour mother (as the object)	anayığıznıyou all's mother (as the object)	anaylarıntheir mothers (as the object)
Dative	anayğato the mother	anayımato my mother	anayıŋato your mother	anayınato his mother	anayıbızğato our mother	anayığızğato you all's mother	anaylarınato their mothers
Locative	anaydain / at the mother	anayımdain / at my mother	anayıŋdain / at your mother	anayındain / at his mother	anayıbızdain / at our mother	anayığızdain / at you all's mother	anaylarındain / at their mothers
Ablative	anaydanfrom the mother	anayımdanfrom my mother	anayıŋdanfrom your mother	anayındanfrom his mother	anayıbızdanfrom our mother	anayığızdanfrom you all's mother	anaylarındanfrom their mothers

Plural

Plural — cases of anay, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	anaylathe mothers	anaylarımmy mothers	anaylarıŋyour mothers	anaylarıhis mothers	anaylarıbızour mothers	anaylarığızyou all's mothers	anaylarıtheir mothers
Genitive	anaylanıthe mothers'	anaylarımımy mothers'	anaylarıŋıyour mothers'	anaylarınıhis mothers'	anaylarıbıznıour mothers'	anaylarığıznıyou all's mothers'	anaylarınıtheir mothers'
Accusative	anaylanıthe mothers (as the object)	anaylarımımy mothers (as the object)	anaylarıŋıyour mothers (as the object)	anaylarınhis mothers (as the object)	anaylarıbıznıour mothers (as the object)	anaylarığıznıyou all's mothers (as the object)	anaylarıntheir mothers (as the object)
Dative	anaylağato the mothers	anaylarımato my mothers	anaylarıŋato your mothers	anaylarınato his mothers	anaylarıbızğato our mothers	anaylarığızğato you all's mothers	anaylarınato their mothers
Locative	anayladain / at the mothers	anaylarımdain / at my mothers	anaylarıŋdain / at your mothers	anaylarındain / at his mothers	anaylarıbızdain / at our mothers	anaylarığızdain / at you all's mothers	anaylarındain / at their mothers
Ablative	anayladanfrom the mothers	anaylarımdanfrom my mothers	anaylarıŋdanfrom your mothers	anaylarındanfrom his mothers	anaylarıbızdanfrom our mothers	anaylarığızdanfrom you all's mothers	anaylarındanfrom their mothers

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: anayları can mean "his / her mothers", "their mother", or "their mothers" — context decides.

Whose it is

Belonging to anay — the mother's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	anaynıqıthe mother's one	anaynıqılathe mother's ones	anaylanıqıthe mothers' one	anaylanıqılathe mothers' ones
Genitive	anaynıqınıof the mother's one	anaynıqılanıof the mother's ones	anaylanıqınıof the mothers' one	anaylanıqılanıof the mothers' ones
Accusative	anaynıqınthe mother's one (as the object)	anaynıqılanıthe mother's ones (as the object)	anaylanıqınthe mothers' one (as the object)	anaylanıqılanıthe mothers' ones (as the object)
Dative	anaynıqınato the mother's one	anaynıqılağato the mother's ones	anaylanıqınato the mothers' one	anaylanıqılağato the mothers' ones
Locative	anaynıqındain / at the mother's one	anaynıqıladain / at the mother's ones	anaylanıqındain / at the mothers' one	anaylanıqıladain / at the mothers' ones
Ablative	anaynıqındanfrom the mother's one	anaynıqıladanfrom the mother's ones	anaylanıqındanfrom the mothers' one	anaylanıqıladanfrom the mothers' ones

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.