artına
/artɯna/
1. back, backward, in reverse — Common phrases: artına tur "step back"; sağatnı artına köçürürge "set the clock back"; artına aylanırğa "turn around", and also "decline, go downhill"; artına ketgen mülk "a run-down household".
- artına tur — step back
- ol artına qaradı — he looked back
- sağatnı artına köçürürge — to set the clock back
- artına aylanırğa — to turn around
- artına taralğan çaç — hair combed back
- artına ketgen mülk — a run-down household
2. behind, to the back of — Follows a noun, often in the genitive: üy artına "behind the house". It expresses motion to a place behind something.
- üy artına — behind the house
- eşikni artına sal — put it behind the door
- sabiy terekni artına buqdu — the child hid behind the tree
- Kün taw artına jaşırındı — The sun hid behind the mountain
- stol artına oltur — sit down at the table