talay
/talaj/
1. several, quite a few, a good many
- bir talay adam — several people
- talay kere — many times, several times
- talay seyir zat kördük — we saw many interesting things
- talay sıltaw tabdı — he found a number of reasons
- bir talay jıl ötdü — several years passed
- men kelgenli talay kün boldu — it has been several days since I came
- talay adam jolğa çıqdıla — several people set out on the road
- tawda talay qoy kördük — we saw several sheep in the mountains
- talay kün ötdü aradan — several days passed in the meantime
2. many of them, a number of them
- işçileni talayı alçıladıla — many of the workers are leaders
- talayı keldile, talayı ua qaldıla — many of them came, while many stayed behind
- talayına söz berildi — a number of them were given the floor
- talayından sorub bildik — we found out by asking a number of them
3. a while, a good while
- talaynı turdu — he stood there a good while
- talaydan beri körmegenme — I haven't seen him for a good while
- talay jaşadıq anda — we lived there for a while
- talay saqlağanma — I have waited a while
- talay tursun mında — let it stay here a while