orta

/orta/ · plural ortala

1. (n.) middle, midpoint, middle part, center — It covers the middle of a place (suwnu ortası "the middle of the river") and the middle of a stretch of time (keçe orta "midnight", kün ortada "at midday").

şaharnı ortası — the center of the town
suwnu ortasına deri — as far as the middle of the river
keçe orta — midnight
aynı ortası — the middle of the month
qışnı ortası boldu — the middle of winter has come
ortası bla — through the middle

2. (n.) average, medium, middling, secondary — Before another noun it means middle (orta eşik "middle door"), central (orta oram "central street"), average or medium (orta boylu "of medium height"), mediocre or merely satisfactory (orta oquwçu "an average pupil"), or secondary in education (orta şkol "secondary school"). orta kün is Thursday.

orta boylu — of medium height
orta bağası — its average price
orta şkolnu boşarğa — to finish secondary school
orta oquw alırğa — to get a secondary education
orta tergew bla — by average reckoning

3. (n.) relations, relationship, the terms people are on (fig.)

ortabız igidi — our relations are good
ortabız amandı — our relations are bad
ortanı buzarğa — to spoil the relations, to set people at odds
ortağa kirirge — to interfere in the relations
ortabız açıqdı — there are no secrets between us

4. (n.) distance, interval, gap between two things — The interval can be one of space or one of time: ortadan beş jıl ötdü "five years have passed since then".

eki elni ortası — the distance between the two villages
eki özenni ortası — the distance between the two valleys
eki terekni ortası — the gap between two trees
üyleni ortası uzaqdı — the distance between the houses is great
ortadan beş jıl ötdü — five years have passed since then

5. (n.) common use, joint use — Mostly found in phrases: jerni ortada işlew "working the land jointly", ortağa salırğa "share something with others".

ortağa salırğa — to share with others
jerni ortada işlerge — to work the land jointly

Expressions

adam ortası bolğan — in one's prime (Idiom)
kesin ortağa atarğa — step in, intervene (Idiom)
kişi ortası bolurğa — be middle-aged (Idiom)
ortaları amanŋa keterge — fall out (Idiom)

Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of orta, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	ortathe middle	ortammy middle	ortaŋyour middle	ortasıhis middle	ortabızour middle	ortağızyou all's middle	ortalarıtheir middles
Genitive	ortanıthe middle's	ortamımy middle's	ortaŋıyour middle's	ortasınıhis middle's	ortabıznıour middle's	ortağıznıyou all's middle's	ortalarınıtheir middles'
Accusative	ortanıthe middle (as the object)	ortamımy middle (as the object)	ortaŋıyour middle (as the object)	ortasınhis middle (as the object)	ortabıznıour middle (as the object)	ortağıznıyou all's middle (as the object)	ortalarıntheir middles (as the object)
Dative	ortağato the middle	ortamato my middle	ortaŋato your middle	ortasınato his middle	ortabızğato our middle	ortağızğato you all's middle	ortalarınato their middles
Locative	ortadain / at the middle	ortamdain / at my middle	ortaŋdain / at your middle	ortasındain / at his middle	ortabızdain / at our middle	ortağızdain / at you all's middle	ortalarındain / at their middles
Ablative	ortadanfrom the middle	ortamdanfrom my middle	ortaŋdanfrom your middle	ortasındanfrom his middle	ortabızdanfrom our middle	ortağızdanfrom you all's middle	ortalarındanfrom their middles

Plural

Plural — cases of orta, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	ortalathe middles	ortalarımmy middles	ortalarıŋyour middles	ortalarıhis middles	ortalarıbızour middles	ortalarığızyou all's middles	ortalarıtheir middles
Genitive	ortalanıthe middles'	ortalarımımy middles'	ortalarıŋıyour middles'	ortalarınıhis middles'	ortalarıbıznıour middles'	ortalarığıznıyou all's middles'	ortalarınıtheir middles'
Accusative	ortalanıthe middles (as the object)	ortalarımımy middles (as the object)	ortalarıŋıyour middles (as the object)	ortalarınhis middles (as the object)	ortalarıbıznıour middles (as the object)	ortalarığıznıyou all's middles (as the object)	ortalarıntheir middles (as the object)
Dative	ortalağato the middles	ortalarımato my middles	ortalarıŋato your middles	ortalarınato his middles	ortalarıbızğato our middles	ortalarığızğato you all's middles	ortalarınato their middles
Locative	ortaladain / at the middles	ortalarımdain / at my middles	ortalarıŋdain / at your middles	ortalarındain / at his middles	ortalarıbızdain / at our middles	ortalarığızdain / at you all's middles	ortalarındain / at their middles
Ablative	ortaladanfrom the middles	ortalarımdanfrom my middles	ortalarıŋdanfrom your middles	ortalarındanfrom his middles	ortalarıbızdanfrom our middles	ortalarığızdanfrom you all's middles	ortalarındanfrom their middles

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: ortaları can mean "his / her middles", "their middle", or "their middles" — context decides.

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.