doktor
/doktor/
Definitions
1. physician, a person qualified to treat the sick
- awruğanga doktornu çaqırırğa — to call the doctor to a sick person
- mal doktor — a veterinary surgeon
- doktor awruwnu bildi — the doctor identified the illness
2. doctor, the higher academic degree
- ilmulanı doktoru — a doctor of sciences
- ol ilmulanı doktoru bolğandı — he has become a doctor of sciences
- doktor atnı aldı — he took the degree of doctor
Related
doktorluqqualitymedical practice, the profession and practice of a physician; the academic degree of doctor
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | doktorthe physician | doktorlathe physicians | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | doktornuthe physician's | doktorlanıthe physicians' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | doktornuthe physician (as the object) | doktorlanıthe physicians (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | doktorğato the physician | doktorlağato the physicians | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | doktordaat / in the physician | doktorladaat / in the physicians | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | doktordanfrom the physician | doktorladanfrom the physicians | 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 | doktorummy physician | doktorlarımmy physicians |
| your | doktorungyour physician | doktorlarıngyour physicians |
| his / her | doktoruhis / her physician | doktorlarıhis / her physicians |
| our | doktorubuzour physician | doktorlarıbızour physicians |
| you all's | doktoruğuzyou all's physician | doktorlarığızyou all's physicians |
| their | doktorlarıtheir physician | doktorlarıtheir physicians |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: doktorları can mean "his / her physicians", "their physician", or "their physicians" — context decides.