jaz
/dʒaz/
Definitions
1. spring, springtime, vernal season
- jaz keldi — spring has come
- jaznı künü — a spring day
- jazda saban sürerge çıqdıla — in spring they went out to plow the fields
- jaz hawa bek jılı bolğandı — the spring air has become very mild
- jaz çaqğan gülle — flowers blooming in spring
- jaz jawun elge bereket keltirir — spring rain brings abundance to the village
2. jazz
- jaz muzıka radioda çalındı — jazz music played on the radio
- jaz jırların — jazz songs
- bu jaz ansambli şahardan kelgendi — this jazz ensemble came from the city
Related
jazlıqqualityspringtime, spring, the season between winter and summer, and the time belonging to it
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 103).Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jazthe spring | jazlathe springs | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | jaznıthe spring's | jazlanıthe springs' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | jaznıthe spring (as the object) | jazlanıthe springs (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | jazğato the spring | jazlağato the springs | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | jazdaat / in the spring | jazladaat / in the springs | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | jazdanfrom the spring | jazladanfrom the springs | 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 | jazımmy spring | jazlarımmy springs |
| your | jazıngyour spring | jazlarıngyour springs |
| his / her | jazıhis / her spring | jazlarıhis / her springs |
| our | jazıbızour spring | jazlarıbızour springs |
| you all's | jazığızyou all's spring | jazlarığızyou all's springs |
| their | jazlarıtheir spring | jazlarıtheir springs |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: jazları can mean "his / her springs", "their spring", or "their springs" — context decides.