Awar
/awar/
Avar, of the Avar people of Daghestan — Used before nouns: awar tişirıw an Avar woman, awar til the Avar language.
- awar tişirıw — an Avar woman
- awar til — the Avar language
- awar halq — the Avar people
- awar tilni bileme — I know the Avar language
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | AwarmaI am Avar | Awarsayou are Avar | Awardıhe is Avar | Awarbızwe are Avar | Awarsızyou all are Avar | Awardılathey are Avar |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden Awardı — "compared to me, he is Avar."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki Awardımine is Avar | seniki Awardıyours is Avar | anıqı Awardıhis is Avar | bizniki Awardıours is Avar | sizniki Awardıyours (pl.) is Avar | alanıqı Awardıtheirs is Avar |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile Awardılamine are Avar | senikile Awardılayours are Avar | anıqıla Awardılahis are Avar | biznikile Awardılaours are Avar | siznikile Awardılayours (pl.) are Avar | alanıqıla Awardılatheirs are Avar |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu Awardı, bıla Awardıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".