jüz
/dʒyz/
Definitions
1. one hundred
- jüz kere — a hundred times
- jüz ming — a hundred thousand
- jüz kere ölçele — measure a hundred times
2. a face
- anı bir jiyirgenşli jüzü bardı — he has a repellent face
- haliymatnı jüzü ariw edi — Halimat's face was the fairest
- jüzün burub qoydu — he turned his face away
3. a surface, the face of something
- jer jüzü — the face of the earth
- jer jüzünde — in all the world
- suwnu jüzü — the surface of the water
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 38).Found in
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or .As a numeral
Counting forms
| cardinal — the number | jüzone hundred |
|---|---|
| ordinal — in order | jüzünçüthe hundredth |
Above six our sources show no people-counting form, so only the ordinal is listed here. The numbers bank shows how these combine into larger numbers.
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jüzthe face | jüzlethe faces | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | jüznüthe face's | jüzlenithe faces' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | jüznüthe face (as the object) | jüzlenithe faces (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | jüzgeto the face | jüzlegeto the faces | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | jüzdeat / in the face | jüzledeat / in the faces | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | jüzdenfrom the face | jüzledenfrom the faces | 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 | jüzümmy face | jüzlerimmy faces |
| your | jüzüngyour face | jüzleringyour faces |
| his / her | jüzühis / her face | jüzlerihis / her faces |
| our | jüzübüzour face | jüzleribizour faces |
| you all's | jüzügüzyou all's face | jüzlerigizyou all's faces |
| their | jüzleritheir face | jüzleritheir faces |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: jüzleri can mean "his / her faces", "their face", or "their faces" — context decides.