joq
/dʒoq/
1. there is not, there is none
- üyde adam joqdu — there is nobody in the house
- zaman joq — there is no time
- anı kitabları ua joq — but he has no books
- buğunur jer joq edi — there was nowhere to hide
- olsuz bizge jaşaw joqdu — without him there is no life for us
- ullu işde uyat joq — there is no shame in a great deed
2. not — Placed after a participle, it negates the action that participle names.
- bügün da arı barlığım joqdu — I am not going there today either
- biz anı bügün körgenibiz joqdu — we have not seen him today
- meni anı üsünden bilgenim joqdu — I know nothing about it
3. absence, lack
- açhaŋı joqu meni işim tüldü — your having no money is no business of mine
- joqğa ayıb joq — there is no shame in having nothing
- joqğa madar joq — for what is not there, there is no remedy
4. nonexistence, unreality
- o duniyanı joqu — the unreality of the other world
- barnı bla joqnu üsünden söleşebiz — we are talking about existence and nonexistence
- joqdan bir zat da çıqmaydı — nothing comes out of nonexistence
5. worthless person, nobody
- bilimden qaçhan joqdan da joq — one who shuns knowledge is less than a nobody
- ol kesin joqğa sanay edi — he considered himself a nobody
- joqnu sözüne kişi iynanmaydı — no one believes the word of a worthless man
Expressions
- menden saŋa joq, senden maŋa joq — break off a friendship
- senden maŋa joq, menden saŋa joq — we're no longer friends
- adam suwutur qanı joqdu — kindly, well-liked
- adamnı eki közünden sora bolmağan joqdu — stocked with everything