deb
/deb/
1. saying, that — Follows the words or thoughts being reported, where English uses quotation marks or "that".
- kel deb aytdı — he said, "come"
- barama deb turadı — he keeps saying he is going
- deb dağıda sordu atası — his father asked again, saying
- deb jilyaydıla qatınla — the women weep, saying
- deb qıçırdı qıznı ızından anası — the girl's mother shouted after her, saying
- bay bolama deb kişi aytmasın — let no one say "I will become rich"
2. in order to, meaning to
- aşarğa deb keldi — he came in order to eat
- körürge deb bardım — I went in order to see
- oqurğa deb ketdi — he went away in order to study
- söz jetmesin deb işlerge küreşebiz — we try to work so that no reproach comes to us
- sabiyleni aldayma deb, kesi aldanŋandı — meaning to fool the children, he fooled himself
- qaş salama deb, köz çığardı — meaning to put on an eyebrow, he put out an eye
3. calling it, taking it for
- anı ustaz deb biledile — they know him as a teacher
- aŋa Çoppa deb aytadıla — they call it Choppa
- meni jaş deb sanaydı — he takes me for a boy