doktor / dohtur
/doktor/, /doxtur/ · plural doktorla
1. doctor, physician, a person qualified to treat the sick — The spelling dohtur is colloquial.
- tiş doktor — a dentist
- köz doktor — an eye doctor, an ophthalmologist
- mal doktor — a veterinarian
- awruğanŋa doktornu çaqırırğa — to call the doctor to a sick person
- doktor awruwnu bildi — the doctor identified the illness
2. doctor, doctorate, the highest academic degree, or a person who holds it
- ilmulanı doktoru — a doctor of sciences
- biologiya ilmulanı doktoru — a doctor of biological sciences
- ol ilmulanı doktoru bolğandı — he has become a doctor of sciences
- doktor atnı aldı — he received the title of doctor
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | doktorthe physician | doktorummy physician | doktoruŋyour physician | doktoruhis physician | doktorubuzour physician | doktoruğuzyou all's physician | doktorlarıtheir physicians |
| Genitive | doktornuthe physician's | doktorumumy physician's | doktoruŋuyour physician's | doktorunuhis physician's | doktorubuznuour physician's | doktoruğuznuyou all's physician's | doktorlarınıtheir physicians' |
| Accusative | doktornuthe physician (as the object) | doktorumumy physician (as the object) | doktoruŋuyour physician (as the object) | doktorunhis physician (as the object) | doktorubuznuour physician (as the object) | doktoruğuznuyou all's physician (as the object) | doktorlarıntheir physicians (as the object) |
| Dative | doktorğato the physician | doktorumato my physician | doktoruŋato your physician | doktorunato his physician | doktorubuzğato our physician | doktoruğuzğato you all's physician | doktorlarınato their physicians |
| Locative | doktordain / at the physician | doktorumdain / at my physician | doktoruŋdain / at your physician | doktorundain / at his physician | doktorubuzdain / at our physician | doktoruğuzdain / at you all's physician | doktorlarındain / at their physicians |
| Ablative | doktordanfrom the physician | doktorumdanfrom my physician | doktoruŋdanfrom your physician | doktorundanfrom his physician | doktorubuzdanfrom our physician | doktoruğuzdanfrom you all's physician | doktorlarındanfrom their physicians |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | doktorlathe physicians | doktorlarımmy physicians | doktorlarıŋyour physicians | doktorlarıhis physicians | doktorlarıbızour physicians | doktorlarığızyou all's physicians | doktorlarıtheir physicians |
| Genitive | doktorlanıthe physicians' | doktorlarımımy physicians' | doktorlarıŋıyour physicians' | doktorlarınıhis physicians' | doktorlarıbıznıour physicians' | doktorlarığıznıyou all's physicians' | doktorlarınıtheir physicians' |
| Accusative | doktorlanıthe physicians (as the object) | doktorlarımımy physicians (as the object) | doktorlarıŋıyour physicians (as the object) | doktorlarınhis physicians (as the object) | doktorlarıbıznıour physicians (as the object) | doktorlarığıznıyou all's physicians (as the object) | doktorlarıntheir physicians (as the object) |
| Dative | doktorlağato the physicians | doktorlarımato my physicians | doktorlarıŋato your physicians | doktorlarınato his physicians | doktorlarıbızğato our physicians | doktorlarığızğato you all's physicians | doktorlarınato their physicians |
| Locative | doktorladain / at the physicians | doktorlarımdain / at my physicians | doktorlarıŋdain / at your physicians | doktorlarındain / at his physicians | doktorlarıbızdain / at our physicians | doktorlarığızdain / at you all's physicians | doktorlarındain / at their physicians |
| Ablative | doktorladanfrom the physicians | doktorlarımdanfrom my physicians | doktorlarıŋdanfrom your physicians | doktorlarındanfrom his physicians | doktorlarıbızdanfrom our physicians | doktorlarığızdanfrom you all's physicians | doktorlarındanfrom their 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.
Whose it is
| Case | one thing, one owner | several things, one owner | one thing, several owners | several things, several owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | doktornuquthe physician's one | doktornuqulathe physician's ones | doktorlanıqıthe physicians' one | doktorlanıqılathe physicians' ones |
| Genitive | doktornuqunuof the physician's one | doktornuqulanıof the physician's ones | doktorlanıqınıof the physicians' one | doktorlanıqılanıof the physicians' ones |
| Accusative | doktornuqunthe physician's one (as the object) | doktornuqulanıthe physician's ones (as the object) | doktorlanıqınthe physicians' one (as the object) | doktorlanıqılanıthe physicians' ones (as the object) |
| Dative | doktornuqunato the physician's one | doktornuqulağato the physician's ones | doktorlanıqınato the physicians' one | doktorlanıqılağato the physicians' ones |
| Locative | doktornuqundain / at the physician's one | doktornuquladain / at the physician's ones | doktorlanıqındain / at the physicians' one | doktorlanıqıladain / at the physicians' ones |
| Ablative | doktornuqundanfrom the physician's one | doktornuquladanfrom the physician's ones | doktorlanıqındanfrom the physicians' one | doktorlanıqıladanfrom the physicians' ones |
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.