meliwan
/meliwan/
1. a million
- meliwan adam — a million people
- meliwan som — a million roubles
- meliwan julduz — a million stars
2. a great number of something, a multitude
- allayla meliwandıla — there are a great many of that sort
- adamla meliwandıla — there is a multitude of people
- allay adamla meliwandıla — there are a great many people like that
As a numeral
Counting forms
| Number | the number | in order | that many people | as a group | that many each |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nol | nolzero | ||||
| sıfır | sıfırzero | ||||
| bir | birone | birinçithe first | birewthe one of them | birerone each | |
| eki | ekitwo | ekinçithe second | ekewthe two of them | ekewlena group of two | |
| üç | üçthree | üçünçüthe third | üçewthe three of them | üçewlena group of three | üçüşerthree each |
| tört | törtfour | törtünçüthe fourth | törtewthe four of them | törtewlena group of four | törtüşerfour each |
| beş | beşfive | beşinçithe fifth | beşewthe five of them | beşewlena group of five | beşişerfive each |
| altı | altısix | altınçıthe sixth | altawthe six of them | altawlana group of six | altışarsix each |
| jeti | jetiseven | jetinçithe seventh | jetewthe seven of them | jetewlena group of seven | jetişerseven each |
| segiz | segizeight | segizinçithe eighth | segizewlena group of eight | segizişereight each | |
| toğuz | toğuznine | toğuzunçuthe ninth | toğuzawlana group of nine | toğuzuşarnine each | |
| on | onten | onunçuthe tenth | onawlana group of ten | onuşarten each | |
| jıyırma | jıyırmatwenty | jıyırmançıthe twentieth | |||
| otuz | otuzthirty | otuzunçuthe thirtieth | |||
| qırq | qırqforty | qırqınçıthe fortieth | |||
| elli | ellififty | ellinçithe fiftieth | ellişerfifty each | ||
| altmış | altmışsixty | altmışınçıthe sixtieth | altmışışarsixty each | ||
| jetmiş | jetmişseventy | jetmişinçithe seventieth | |||
| seksen | sekseneighty | sekseninçithe eightieth | |||
| tohsan | tohsanninety | tohsanınçıthe ninetieth | tohsanışarninety each | ||
| jüz | jüzone hundred | jüzünçüthe hundredth | jüzüşerone hundred each | ||
| miŋ | miŋone thousand | miŋinçithe thousandth | miŋişerone thousand each | ||
| million | millionmillion | ||||
| milliard | milliardbillion | ||||
| trillion | trilliona trillion |
The books stop the people-counting forms after ten, so the bigger numbers show only the cardinal, ordinal and distributive. The numbers bank shows how these combine into larger numbers.
As a noun
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | meliwanthe multitude | meliwanımmy multitude | meliwanıŋyour multitude | meliwanıhis multitude | meliwanıbızour multitude | meliwanığızyou all's multitude | meliwanlarıtheir multitudes |
| Genitive | meliwannıthe multitude's | meliwanımımy multitude's | meliwanıŋıyour multitude's | meliwanınıhis multitude's | meliwanıbıznıour multitude's | meliwanığıznıyou all's multitude's | meliwanlarınıtheir multitudes' |
| Accusative | meliwannıthe multitude (as the object) | meliwanımımy multitude (as the object) | meliwanıŋıyour multitude (as the object) | meliwanınhis multitude (as the object) | meliwanıbıznıour multitude (as the object) | meliwanığıznıyou all's multitude (as the object) | meliwanlarıntheir multitudes (as the object) |
| Dative | meliwanŋato the multitude | meliwanımato my multitude | meliwanıŋato your multitude | meliwanınato his multitude | meliwanıbızğato our multitude | meliwanığızğato you all's multitude | meliwanlarınato their multitudes |
| Locative | meliwandain / at the multitude | meliwanımdain / at my multitude | meliwanıŋdain / at your multitude | meliwanındain / at his multitude | meliwanıbızdain / at our multitude | meliwanığızdain / at you all's multitude | meliwanlarındain / at their multitudes |
| Ablative | meliwandanfrom the multitude | meliwanımdanfrom my multitude | meliwanıŋdanfrom your multitude | meliwanındanfrom his multitude | meliwanıbızdanfrom our multitude | meliwanığızdanfrom you all's multitude | meliwanlarındanfrom their multitudes |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.