qarın
/qarɯn/
1. belly, stomach, abdomen, paunch
- sabiyni qarını awruy edi — the child's belly was aching
- qarın toq bolsa — if the belly is full
- qarnım içine quruğandı — my belly has caved in from hunger
- qarın jaw — abdominal fat
- aç qarınŋa aş tatlı bolur — to a hungry belly food is delicious
- aç qarınnı toq bilmez — the full one does not know the hungry belly
2. womb, uterus — Used of women and of animals alike, as in anasını qarnında "in the mother's womb".
- anasını qarnında — in the mother's womb
- bir qarından çıqğan — born of the same womb
- iynekni qarnında buzow bardı — there is a calf in the cow's womb
3. pregnancy — anı qarını bardı means "she is pregnant".
- anı qarnı bardı — she is pregnant
- qarnı bar tişirıw — a pregnant woman
- qızını qarnı bardı — her daughter is pregnant
- qarnı bolğan tişirıw — a pregnant woman
4. food, sustenance, one's keep — qarnın asırarğa means to feed or keep oneself.
- ol qarnın asırayalmaydı — he cannot feed himself
- qarnın asıraydı — he provides for himself
- qarın üçün işleydi — he works for his keep
- qarın jalçı — a laborer working for his keep
- qarın etdirirge — to feed someone
5. mouth to feed, eater — beş qarınlı üydegi means "a family of five mouths to feed".
- beş qarınlı üydegi — a family of five mouths to feed
- üydegide altı qarın — six mouths in the household
- har qarınŋa da aş kerekdi — every mouth needs food
6. abomasum, the stomach of a ruminant — The fourth stomach of a ruminant. qarın boq means the contents of the stomach, or the cud.
- qoy qarnı — a sheep's abomasum
- qarın boq — stomach contents
7. bellows — Also the bellows of an accordion, as in qobuznu qarnı. one source
- qobuznu qarnı — the bellows of an accordion
- qobuznu qarnı jırtılğandı — the accordion's bellows have torn
- qobuznu qarnın sozadı — he stretches the accordion's bellows
- qobuznu qarnı ulludu — the accordion's bellows are large
8. peritoneum one source
Expressions
- qarın awruwu — one's real aim
- qarın jal — work for food
- qarın qayğı eterge — scrape a living
- qarın suw alırğa — become pregnant
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | qarınthe belly | qarnımmy belly | qarnıŋyour belly | qarnıhis belly | qarnıbızour belly | qarnığızyou all's belly | qarınlarıtheir bellies |
| Genitive | qarınnıthe belly's | qarnımımy belly's | qarnıŋıyour belly's | qarnınıhis belly's | qarnıbıznıour belly's | qarnığıznıyou all's belly's | qarınlarınıtheir bellies' |
| Accusative | qarınnıthe belly (as the object) | qarnımımy belly (as the object) | qarnıŋıyour belly (as the object) | qarnınhis belly (as the object) | qarnıbıznıour belly (as the object) | qarnığıznıyou all's belly (as the object) | qarınlarıntheir bellies (as the object) |
| Dative | qarınŋato the belly | qarnımato my belly | qarnıŋato your belly | qarnınato his belly | qarnıbızğato our belly | qarnığızğato you all's belly | qarınlarınato their bellies |
| Locative | qarındain / at the belly | qarnımdain / at my belly | qarnıŋdain / at your belly | qarnındain / at his belly | qarnıbızdain / at our belly | qarnığızdain / at you all's belly | qarınlarındain / at their bellies |
| Ablative | qarındanfrom the belly | qarnımdanfrom my belly | qarnıŋdanfrom your belly | qarnındanfrom his belly | qarnıbızdanfrom our belly | qarnığızdanfrom you all's belly | qarınlarındanfrom their bellies |
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.