oquğan
/oquʁan/
Definitions
1. educated, literate, learned, well-read
- oquğan adam qarangını jarıtır — an educated person illuminates the darkness
- oquğan bla oqumağan bir bolmaz — the educated and the uneducated are not equal
- oquğan jaş elge hayır keltirir — an educated youth benefits the village
2. an educated/literate person; the reader
- kitabnı oquğan teren mağanasın bilir — the one who reads the book knows its deep meaning
- oquğanga duniya açıqdı — to the learned reader the world is open
- oquğannı sözü tüz bolur — the word of a learned person is sound
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or .As an adjective
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men oquğanmaI am educated | biz oquğanbızwe are educated |
| 2nd person | sen oquğansayou are educated | siz oquğansızyou all are educated |
| 3rd person | ol oquğandıhe / she / it is educated | ala oquğandılathey are educated |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oquğanthe educated/literate person | oquğanlathe educated/literate people | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | oquğannıthe educated/literate person's | oquğanlanıthe educated/literate people's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | oquğannıthe educated/literate person (as the object) | oquğanlanıthe educated/literate people (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | oquğangato the educated/literate person | oquğanlağato the educated/literate people | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | oquğandaat / in the educated/literate person | oquğanladaat / in the educated/literate people | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | oquğandanfrom the educated/literate person | oquğanladanfrom the educated/literate people | 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 | oquğanımmy educated/literate person | oquğanlarımmy educated/literate people |
| your | oquğanıngyour educated/literate person | oquğanlarıngyour educated/literate people |
| his / her | oquğanıhis / her educated/literate person | oquğanlarıhis / her educated/literate people |
| our | oquğanıbızour educated/literate person | oquğanlarıbızour educated/literate people |
| you all's | oquğanığızyou all's educated/literate person | oquğanlarığızyou all's educated/literate people |
| their | oquğanlarıtheir educated/literate person | oquğanlarıtheir educated/literate people |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: oquğanları can mean "his / her educated/literate people", "their educated/literate person", or "their educated/literate people" — context decides.