oŋayğan
/oŋajʁan/
1. improving, prospering, thriving — The participle of oŋayırğa "improve, go well". In oŋayğan iş it means a business that has gone well, and oŋayğan adam is a person who has grown stronger or richer.
- oŋayğan iş — a business that has gone well
2. lucky, fortunate — oŋayğansa means "you were lucky". one source
- oŋayğansa — you got lucky
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | oŋayğanmaI am lucky | oŋayğansayou are lucky | oŋayğandıhe is lucky | oŋayğanbızwe are lucky | oŋayğansızyou all are lucky | oŋayğandılathey are lucky |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden oŋayğandı — "compared to me, he is lucky."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki oŋayğandımine is lucky | seniki oŋayğandıyours is lucky | anıqı oŋayğandıhis is lucky | bizniki oŋayğandıours is lucky | sizniki oŋayğandıyours (pl.) is lucky | alanıqı oŋayğandıtheirs is lucky |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile oŋayğandılamine are lucky | senikile oŋayğandılayours are lucky | anıqıla oŋayğandılahis are lucky | biznikile oŋayğandılaours are lucky | siznikile oŋayğandılayours (pl.) are lucky | alanıqıla oŋayğandılatheirs are lucky |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu oŋayğandı, bıla oŋayğandıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".