ayran
/ajran/
Definitions
1. salted yoghurt drink, ayran
- çayqağan ayran — churned ayran, buttermilk
- suw qoşulğan ayran — ayran thinned with water
- ayran içgen qutuldu — the one who drank the ayran got away with it
- ayran içerge — to drink ayran
2. soured milk foods, dairy produce
- ayran aş — a dish of soured milk
- ayran bla aşarğa — to eat it with soured milk
- ayranı köbdü — he has plenty of dairy food
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ayranthe salted yoghurt drink | ayranlathe salted yoghurt drinks | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | ayrannıthe salted yoghurt drink's | ayranlanıthe salted yoghurt drinks' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | ayrannıthe salted yoghurt drink (as the object) | ayranlanıthe salted yoghurt drinks (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | ayrangato the salted yoghurt drink | ayranlağato the salted yoghurt drinks | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | ayrandaat / in the salted yoghurt drink | ayranladaat / in the salted yoghurt drinks | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | ayrandanfrom the salted yoghurt drink | ayranladanfrom the salted yoghurt drinks | 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 | ayranımmy salted yoghurt drink | ayranlarımmy salted yoghurt drinks |
| your | ayranıngyour salted yoghurt drink | ayranlarıngyour salted yoghurt drinks |
| his / her | ayranıhis / her salted yoghurt drink | ayranlarıhis / her salted yoghurt drinks |
| our | ayranıbızour salted yoghurt drink | ayranlarıbızour salted yoghurt drinks |
| you all's | ayranığızyou all's salted yoghurt drink | ayranlarığızyou all's salted yoghurt drinks |
| their | ayranlarıtheir salted yoghurt drink | ayranlarıtheir salted yoghurt drinks |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: ayranları can mean "his / her salted yoghurt drinks", "their salted yoghurt drink", or "their salted yoghurt drinks" — context decides.