birew / birewlen
/birew/, /birewlen/
1. someone, somebody, a certain one, anyone
- birew eşikni qaqdı — someone knocked at the door
- seni birew saqlab turadı — someone is waiting for you
- seni birew çaqıradı — someone is calling you
- birew alay aythan edi — someone had said so
- birew kelib eşikni qaqdı — someone came and knocked at the door
- birewle munu jaratmazğa da bolurla — some may well not approve of this
- birewge igilik etseŋ ömürü unutulmaz — if you do good to someone, it is never forgotten
2. another person, someone else, a stranger, an outsider — Most often in the genitive, marking something as another person's rather than one's own: birewnü balası "someone else's child".
- birewnü balası — someone else's child
- birewnü üyü — someone else's house
- birewnü sözü bla — on someone else's word
- birewde ne işiŋ bardı? — what business do you have with a stranger?
- birewnü altınından kesiŋi bağırıŋ aşhı — your own copper is better than someone else's gold
Expressions
- ol birew — you-know-who
- birew qarq der, birew qurq der — people will talk
- birew qushannı jalarğa — marry another's castoff
- birew tülkü ese, men anı quyruğuma — no less cunning