qazah / qazaq
/qazax/, /qazaq/
Kazakh, relating to the Kazakhs, their language, culture or history — qazah til is the Kazakh language; qazah tişirıw is a Kazakh woman.
- qazah til — the Kazakh language
- qazah tişirıw — a Kazakh woman
- qazah tüz — the Kazakh steppe
- qumlu qazah tüznü tawuşları — the sounds of the sandy Kazakh steppe
- qazah halq qardaş türk halqdı — the Kazakh people are a brotherly Turkic people
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | qazahmaI am Kazakh | qazahsayou are Kazakh | qazahdıhe is Kazakh | qazahbızwe are Kazakh | qazahsızyou all are Kazakh | qazahdılathey are Kazakh |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden qazahdı — "compared to me, he is Kazakh."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki qazahdımine is Kazakh | seniki qazahdıyours is Kazakh | anıqı qazahdıhis is Kazakh | bizniki qazahdıours is Kazakh | sizniki qazahdıyours (pl.) is Kazakh | alanıqı qazahdıtheirs is Kazakh |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile qazahdılamine are Kazakh | senikile qazahdılayours are Kazakh | anıqıla qazahdılahis are Kazakh | biznikile qazahdılaours are Kazakh | siznikile qazahdılayours (pl.) are Kazakh | alanıqıla qazahdılatheirs are Kazakh |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu qazahdı, bıla qazahdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".