hayır
/xajɯr/
Definitions
1. benefit, advantage, profit, gain, utility
- zyahmetden çıqğan hayır tatlıdı — gain coming from honest labor is sweet
- qaltırağandan hayır joqdu — there is no benefit in trembling with fear
- ilmunu halqğa hayırı ulludu — the benefit of knowledge to the people is immense
2. good deed, virtue, charity, blessing
- hayır iş etgen alğış alar — one doing a good deed receives blessings
- hayır kün bolsun elibizge! — may it be a day of blessing for our land!
- hayır tileb duwa etdi — he prayed for blessing
Related
dohodsynonymincome, revenue received from work or property
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hayırthe benefit | hayırlathe benefits | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | hayırnıthe benefit's | hayırlanıthe benefits' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | hayırnıthe benefit (as the object) | hayırlanıthe benefits (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | hayırğato the benefit | hayırlağato the benefits | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | hayırdaat / in the benefit | hayırladaat / in the benefits | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | hayırdanfrom the benefit | hayırladanfrom the benefits | 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 | hayırımmy benefit | hayırlarımmy benefits |
| your | hayırıngyour benefit | hayırlarıngyour benefits |
| his / her | hayırıhis / her benefit | hayırlarıhis / her benefits |
| our | hayırıbızour benefit | hayırlarıbızour benefits |
| you all's | hayırığızyou all's benefit | hayırlarığızyou all's benefits |
| their | hayırlarıtheir benefit | hayırlarıtheir benefits |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: hayırları can mean "his / her benefits", "their benefit", or "their benefits" — context decides.