baçha
/batʃxa/ · plural baçhala
1. kitchen garden, vegetable plot — Usually the plot beside the house (üy baçha). Before another noun it means grown in or used in a vegetable plot, as in baçha ginji "scarecrow". The plural baçhala can also mean the back yards behind the houses.
- üy baçha — a kitchen garden by the house
- baçhağa suw salırğa — to water the kitchen garden
- baçha qazılğandı — the kitchen garden has been dug
- baçha ginji — a scarecrow
2. garden, orchard — Placed before another noun, it says that the thing belongs to or grows in a garden. A fruit or tree garden is terek baçha or köget baçha.
- terek baçha — an orchard
- köget baçha — a fruit garden
- baçhada bitgen nanıq — garden raspberries
- baçhada bitgen — grown in the garden
- zarnı baçhası kögermez — an envious person's garden does not turn green
- baçha iş — garden work
3. melon field, plantation — Mainly a field of melons, watermelons and cucumbers. It is also used of plantations of other crops such as tobacco or tea: tütün baçhala "tobacco plantations".
- harbız baçha — a watermelon field
- hawun baçha — a melon field
- tütün baçhala — tobacco plantations
- çay baçha — a tea plantation
- baçhağa barıb, harbız saylab — going to the melon field and choosing a watermelon
- baçhada işlerge — to work on the plantation
Expressions
- baçhasına taş atarğa — take a dig at
- birewnü baçhasına taş atarğa — take a dig
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | baçhathe kitchen garden | baçhammy kitchen garden | baçhaŋyour kitchen garden | baçhasıhis kitchen garden | baçhabızour kitchen garden | baçhağızyou all's kitchen garden | baçhalarıtheir kitchen gardens |
| Genitive | baçhanıthe kitchen garden's | baçhamımy kitchen garden's | baçhaŋıyour kitchen garden's | baçhasınıhis kitchen garden's | baçhabıznıour kitchen garden's | baçhağıznıyou all's kitchen garden's | baçhalarınıtheir kitchen gardens' |
| Accusative | baçhanıthe kitchen garden (as the object) | baçhamımy kitchen garden (as the object) | baçhaŋıyour kitchen garden (as the object) | baçhasınhis kitchen garden (as the object) | baçhabıznıour kitchen garden (as the object) | baçhağıznıyou all's kitchen garden (as the object) | baçhalarıntheir kitchen gardens (as the object) |
| Dative | baçhağato the kitchen garden | baçhamato my kitchen garden | baçhaŋato your kitchen garden | baçhasınato his kitchen garden | baçhabızğato our kitchen garden | baçhağızğato you all's kitchen garden | baçhalarınato their kitchen gardens |
| Locative | baçhadain / at the kitchen garden | baçhamdain / at my kitchen garden | baçhaŋdain / at your kitchen garden | baçhasındain / at his kitchen garden | baçhabızdain / at our kitchen garden | baçhağızdain / at you all's kitchen garden | baçhalarındain / at their kitchen gardens |
| Ablative | baçhadanfrom the kitchen garden | baçhamdanfrom my kitchen garden | baçhaŋdanfrom your kitchen garden | baçhasındanfrom his kitchen garden | baçhabızdanfrom our kitchen garden | baçhağızdanfrom you all's kitchen garden | baçhalarındanfrom their kitchen gardens |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | baçhalathe kitchen gardens | baçhalarımmy kitchen gardens | baçhalarıŋyour kitchen gardens | baçhalarıhis kitchen gardens | baçhalarıbızour kitchen gardens | baçhalarığızyou all's kitchen gardens | baçhalarıtheir kitchen gardens |
| Genitive | baçhalanıthe kitchen gardens' | baçhalarımımy kitchen gardens' | baçhalarıŋıyour kitchen gardens' | baçhalarınıhis kitchen gardens' | baçhalarıbıznıour kitchen gardens' | baçhalarığıznıyou all's kitchen gardens' | baçhalarınıtheir kitchen gardens' |
| Accusative | baçhalanıthe kitchen gardens (as the object) | baçhalarımımy kitchen gardens (as the object) | baçhalarıŋıyour kitchen gardens (as the object) | baçhalarınhis kitchen gardens (as the object) | baçhalarıbıznıour kitchen gardens (as the object) | baçhalarığıznıyou all's kitchen gardens (as the object) | baçhalarıntheir kitchen gardens (as the object) |
| Dative | baçhalağato the kitchen gardens | baçhalarımato my kitchen gardens | baçhalarıŋato your kitchen gardens | baçhalarınato his kitchen gardens | baçhalarıbızğato our kitchen gardens | baçhalarığızğato you all's kitchen gardens | baçhalarınato their kitchen gardens |
| Locative | baçhaladain / at the kitchen gardens | baçhalarımdain / at my kitchen gardens | baçhalarıŋdain / at your kitchen gardens | baçhalarındain / at his kitchen gardens | baçhalarıbızdain / at our kitchen gardens | baçhalarığızdain / at you all's kitchen gardens | baçhalarındain / at their kitchen gardens |
| Ablative | baçhaladanfrom the kitchen gardens | baçhalarımdanfrom my kitchen gardens | baçhalarıŋdanfrom your kitchen gardens | baçhalarındanfrom his kitchen gardens | baçhalarıbızdanfrom our kitchen gardens | baçhalarığızdanfrom you all's kitchen gardens | baçhalarındanfrom their kitchen gardens |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: baçhaları can mean "his / her kitchen gardens", "their kitchen garden", or "their kitchen gardens" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.