dardağan
/dardaʁan/
1. commotion, turmoil, confusion, chaos — Often used with eterge to mean turn a place upside down. bolğannı dardağan eterge means search everywhere, turning everything upside down.
- üynü dardağan etdile — they turned the house upside down
- bolğannı dardağan etdigiz — you turned everything upside down
- bolğannı dardağan eterge — to search everywhere, turning everything upside down
- ullu dardağan — a great commotion
2. in disarray, scattered, strewn about — Said of household things. one source
- dardağan hapçükle — belongings strewn about
- dardağan üy — a house in disarray
- dardağan otow — a room in disarray
As a noun
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dardağanthe commotion | dardağanımmy commotion | dardağanıŋyour commotion | dardağanıhis commotion | dardağanıbızour commotion | dardağanığızyou all's commotion | dardağanlarıtheir commotions |
| Genitive | dardağannıthe commotion's | dardağanımımy commotion's | dardağanıŋıyour commotion's | dardağanınıhis commotion's | dardağanıbıznıour commotion's | dardağanığıznıyou all's commotion's | dardağanlarınıtheir commotions' |
| Accusative | dardağannıthe commotion (as the object) | dardağanımımy commotion (as the object) | dardağanıŋıyour commotion (as the object) | dardağanınhis commotion (as the object) | dardağanıbıznıour commotion (as the object) | dardağanığıznıyou all's commotion (as the object) | dardağanlarıntheir commotions (as the object) |
| Dative | dardağanŋato the commotion | dardağanımato my commotion | dardağanıŋato your commotion | dardağanınato his commotion | dardağanıbızğato our commotion | dardağanığızğato you all's commotion | dardağanlarınato their commotions |
| Locative | dardağandain / at the commotion | dardağanımdain / at my commotion | dardağanıŋdain / at your commotion | dardağanındain / at his commotion | dardağanıbızdain / at our commotion | dardağanığızdain / at you all's commotion | dardağanlarındain / at their commotions |
| Ablative | dardağandanfrom the commotion | dardağanımdanfrom my commotion | dardağanıŋdanfrom your commotion | dardağanındanfrom his commotion | dardağanıbızdanfrom our commotion | dardağanığızdanfrom you all's commotion | dardağanlarındanfrom their commotions |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
As an adjective
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki dardağandımine is in disarray | seniki dardağandıyours is in disarray | anıqı dardağandıhis is in disarray | bizniki dardağandıours is in disarray | sizniki dardağandıyours (pl.) is in disarray | alanıqı dardağandıtheirs is in disarray |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile dardağandılamine are in disarray | senikile dardağandılayours are in disarray | anıqıla dardağandılahis are in disarray | biznikile dardağandılaours are in disarray | siznikile dardağandılayours (pl.) are in disarray | alanıqıla dardağandılatheirs are in disarray |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu dardağandı, bıla dardağandıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".