tuzdam
/tuzdam/ · plural tuzdamla
bread and salt, food, meal, fare set before a guest — Used of the food a host offers, and so of hospitality itself. Marked as a Karachay word; same as tuz gırjın.
- tuzdamıbızdan körügüz — take of our bread and salt
- tuzdamıbızdan aşağız — eat of our bread and salt
- bir tuzdamnı aşağanbız — we ate the same bread and salt
- tuzdamnı qaçı ulludu — the honor of bread and salt is great
- kimni tuzdamın aşasaŋ — whose bread and salt you eat
- tüz adam tuzdamnı unutmaz — an honest man does not forget bread and salt
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tuzdamthe bread and salt | tuzdamımmy bread and salt | tuzdamıŋyour bread and salt | tuzdamıhis bread and salt | tuzdamıbızour bread and salt | tuzdamığızyou all's bread and salt | tuzdamlarıtheir bread and salts |
| Genitive | tuzdamnıthe bread and salt's | tuzdamımımy bread and salt's | tuzdamıŋıyour bread and salt's | tuzdamınıhis bread and salt's | tuzdamıbıznıour bread and salt's | tuzdamığıznıyou all's bread and salt's | tuzdamlarınıtheir bread and salts' |
| Accusative | tuzdamnıthe bread and salt (as the object) | tuzdamımımy bread and salt (as the object) | tuzdamıŋıyour bread and salt (as the object) | tuzdamınhis bread and salt (as the object) | tuzdamıbıznıour bread and salt (as the object) | tuzdamığıznıyou all's bread and salt (as the object) | tuzdamlarıntheir bread and salts (as the object) |
| Dative | tuzdamğato the bread and salt | tuzdamımato my bread and salt | tuzdamıŋato your bread and salt | tuzdamınato his bread and salt | tuzdamıbızğato our bread and salt | tuzdamığızğato you all's bread and salt | tuzdamlarınato their bread and salts |
| Locative | tuzdamdain / at the bread and salt | tuzdamımdain / at my bread and salt | tuzdamıŋdain / at your bread and salt | tuzdamındain / at his bread and salt | tuzdamıbızdain / at our bread and salt | tuzdamığızdain / at you all's bread and salt | tuzdamlarındain / at their bread and salts |
| Ablative | tuzdamdanfrom the bread and salt | tuzdamımdanfrom my bread and salt | tuzdamıŋdanfrom your bread and salt | tuzdamındanfrom his bread and salt | tuzdamıbızdanfrom our bread and salt | tuzdamığızdanfrom you all's bread and salt | tuzdamlarındanfrom their bread and salts |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tuzdamlathe bread and salts | tuzdamlarımmy bread and salts | tuzdamlarıŋyour bread and salts | tuzdamlarıhis bread and salts | tuzdamlarıbızour bread and salts | tuzdamlarığızyou all's bread and salts | tuzdamlarıtheir bread and salts |
| Genitive | tuzdamlanıthe bread and salts' | tuzdamlarımımy bread and salts' | tuzdamlarıŋıyour bread and salts' | tuzdamlarınıhis bread and salts' | tuzdamlarıbıznıour bread and salts' | tuzdamlarığıznıyou all's bread and salts' | tuzdamlarınıtheir bread and salts' |
| Accusative | tuzdamlanıthe bread and salts (as the object) | tuzdamlarımımy bread and salts (as the object) | tuzdamlarıŋıyour bread and salts (as the object) | tuzdamlarınhis bread and salts (as the object) | tuzdamlarıbıznıour bread and salts (as the object) | tuzdamlarığıznıyou all's bread and salts (as the object) | tuzdamlarıntheir bread and salts (as the object) |
| Dative | tuzdamlağato the bread and salts | tuzdamlarımato my bread and salts | tuzdamlarıŋato your bread and salts | tuzdamlarınato his bread and salts | tuzdamlarıbızğato our bread and salts | tuzdamlarığızğato you all's bread and salts | tuzdamlarınato their bread and salts |
| Locative | tuzdamladain / at the bread and salts | tuzdamlarımdain / at my bread and salts | tuzdamlarıŋdain / at your bread and salts | tuzdamlarındain / at his bread and salts | tuzdamlarıbızdain / at our bread and salts | tuzdamlarığızdain / at you all's bread and salts | tuzdamlarındain / at their bread and salts |
| Ablative | tuzdamladanfrom the bread and salts | tuzdamlarımdanfrom my bread and salts | tuzdamlarıŋdanfrom your bread and salts | tuzdamlarındanfrom his bread and salts | tuzdamlarıbızdanfrom our bread and salts | tuzdamlarığızdanfrom you all's bread and salts | tuzdamlarındanfrom their bread and salts |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tuzdamları can mean "his / her bread and salts", "their bread and salt", or "their bread and salts" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.