tirmen

/tirmen/ · plural tirmenle

1. (n.) mill, flour mill, watermill — Before another noun it means of a mill: tirmen taş millstone. suw tirmen is a watermill, jel tirmen a windmill, qol tirmen a hand mill.

suw tirmen — watermill
jel tirmen — windmill
qol tirmen — hand mill
tirmen taş — millstone
suw tirmen un tartadı — a watermill grinds flour
budaynı tirmende tart — grind the wheat at the mill
tirmende taza un tartdıla — at the mill they ground clean flour
tirmen suwsuz aylanmaz — a mill does not turn without water
tirmen aylanmasa un bolmaz — if the mill does not turn, there will be no flour
suw boyunda tirmen taşları aylanadıla — by the river the millstones turn

2. (n.) stomach, appetite (fig.; euph.; colloq.)

tirmenim igi tartadı — my stomach digests well; I have a good appetite
jaşnı tirmeni igi işleydi — the boy's stomach works well; the boy has a good appetite
tirmenin tolturdu — he filled his stomach
anı tirmeni boşdu — his stomach is empty

Expressions

eki tirmeniŋ bla gugukga qalay aldatdıŋ — wasting your own means (Idiom · Formula)
kazbekni tirmeniça qurulurğa — useless despite effort (Idiom)
quru aylanŋan tirmença — idle chatterbox (Idiom)
siydigi bla tirmen aylandırırğa — be arrogant (Idiom)

Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of tirmen, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	tirmenthe mill	tirmenimmy mill	tirmeniŋyour mill	tirmenihis mill	tirmenibizour mill	tirmenigizyou all's mill	tirmenleritheir mills
Genitive	tirmennithe mill's	tirmenimimy mill's	tirmeniŋiyour mill's	tirmeninihis mill's	tirmenibizniour mill's	tirmenigizniyou all's mill's	tirmenlerinitheir mills'
Accusative	tirmennithe mill (as the object)	tirmenimimy mill (as the object)	tirmeniŋiyour mill (as the object)	tirmeninhis mill (as the object)	tirmenibizniour mill (as the object)	tirmenigizniyou all's mill (as the object)	tirmenlerintheir mills (as the object)
Dative	tirmenŋeto the mill	tirmenimeto my mill	tirmeniŋeto your mill	tirmenineto his mill	tirmenibizgeto our mill	tirmenigizgeto you all's mill	tirmenlerineto their mills
Locative	tirmendein / at the mill	tirmenimdein / at my mill	tirmeniŋdein / at your mill	tirmenindein / at his mill	tirmenibizdein / at our mill	tirmenigizdein / at you all's mill	tirmenlerindein / at their mills
Ablative	tirmendenfrom the mill	tirmenimdenfrom my mill	tirmeniŋdenfrom your mill	tirmenindenfrom his mill	tirmenibizdenfrom our mill	tirmenigizdenfrom you all's mill	tirmenlerindenfrom their mills

Plural

Plural — cases of tirmen, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	tirmenlethe mills	tirmenlerimmy mills	tirmenleriŋyour mills	tirmenlerihis mills	tirmenleribizour mills	tirmenlerigizyou all's mills	tirmenleritheir mills
Genitive	tirmenlenithe mills'	tirmenlerimimy mills'	tirmenleriŋiyour mills'	tirmenlerinihis mills'	tirmenleribizniour mills'	tirmenlerigizniyou all's mills'	tirmenlerinitheir mills'
Accusative	tirmenlenithe mills (as the object)	tirmenlerimimy mills (as the object)	tirmenleriŋiyour mills (as the object)	tirmenlerinhis mills (as the object)	tirmenleribizniour mills (as the object)	tirmenlerigizniyou all's mills (as the object)	tirmenlerintheir mills (as the object)
Dative	tirmenlegeto the mills	tirmenlerimeto my mills	tirmenleriŋeto your mills	tirmenlerineto his mills	tirmenleribizgeto our mills	tirmenlerigizgeto you all's mills	tirmenlerineto their mills
Locative	tirmenledein / at the mills	tirmenlerimdein / at my mills	tirmenleriŋdein / at your mills	tirmenlerindein / at his mills	tirmenleribizdein / at our mills	tirmenlerigizdein / at you all's mills	tirmenlerindein / at their mills
Ablative	tirmenledenfrom the mills	tirmenlerimdenfrom my mills	tirmenleriŋdenfrom your mills	tirmenlerindenfrom his mills	tirmenleribizdenfrom our mills	tirmenlerigizdenfrom you all's mills	tirmenlerindenfrom their mills

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

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