taymağan
/tajmaʁan/
1. literal, word-for-word, verbatim — Used especially of a translation.
- taymağan köçürme — a literal translation
- bu taymağan köçürmedi — this is a literal translation
2. exactly like, the very image of — Used before a possessed noun naming the person resembled, as in taymağan atası "the very image of his father". one source
- taymağan atası — the very image of his father
- ol taymağan atasıdı — he is exactly like his father
- sen taymağan anaŋsa — you are the very image of your mother
- taymağan anası — the very image of her mother
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | taymağanmaI am literal | taymağansayou are literal | taymağandıhe is literal | taymağanbızwe are literal | taymağansızyou all are literal | taymağandılathey are literal |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden taymağandı — "compared to me, he is literal."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki taymağandımine is literal | seniki taymağandıyours is literal | anıqı taymağandıhis is literal | bizniki taymağandıours is literal | sizniki taymağandıyours (pl.) is literal | alanıqı taymağandıtheirs is literal |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile taymağandılamine are literal | senikile taymağandılayours are literal | anıqıla taymağandılahis are literal | biznikile taymağandılaours are literal | siznikile taymağandılayours (pl.) are literal | alanıqıla taymağandılatheirs are literal |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu taymağandı, bıla taymağandıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".