çek
/tʃek/
1. border, boundary, frontier
- qral çek — the state border
- qral çekni saqlarğa — to guard the state border
- çekden öterge — to cross the border
- çekden tışında jaşaydı — they live abroad
- eki elni arasında çek — a border between two villages
- çekleni saqlaw — guarding the borders
2. boundary strip between fields, property line, boundary marker — Before another noun it means marking a property line, as in çek bağana "boundary post".
- çek bağana — a boundary post
- çek salırğa — to mark off a property line
- çekge urulğan qazıq — a stake driven in at the boundary strip
- bu saban çek üçün — over this field boundary
3. limit, permissible bound
- har zatnı da çegi boladı — everything has its limit
- oynağannı da çegi bolurğa kerekdi — even playing must have its limit
- ol çekden çıqdı — they went beyond the limit
- çekden ozarğa jaramaydı — one must not overstep the limit
- har zatnı çegi bardı — everything has its limit
4. check, voucher, chit
- bank çek — a bank check
- satıwğa çek jazarğa — to write a check for a purchase
- ol menŋe çek berdi — they gave me a check
- bank çekni jazdım — I wrote the bank check
5. receipt, sales slip, voucher, chit
- men çekni tükençige uzatdım — I handed the receipt to the shopkeeper
- tükende çek aldım — I got a receipt at the store
- çekni atma — don't throw away the receipt
Expressions
- çekden atlarğa — overstep the limit