şahar

/ʃaxar/ · plural şaharla

(n.) city, town, large settlement (Pers.) — Before another noun it means urban, city: şahar sovet city council. ara şahar is a capital or regional center.

şahar şoşdu — the city is quiet
uzaq şahar — a faraway city
şaharnı oramları keŋdile — the city's streets are wide
şaharda jaŋı üyle işlenedile — new houses are being built in the city
şahardan kelgen studentle — students who came from the city
elden şaharğa köçgen köbdü — many have moved from the village to the city
ara şahar — the capital city
ara şaharğa jol uzaqdı — the road to the capital city is long
şahar sovet — city council
şahar bibliotekağa bardım — I went to the city library
şahar jaşaw menŋe qıyındı — city life is hard for me

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100 everyday nouns

Sources

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Batchaev 2010 · Dictionary of Arabic-Persian Loanwords
Gochiyaeva et al. 1980 · Russian–Karachay Dictionary of Socio-Political Terminology
Gochiyaeva et al. 1993 · Russian–Karachay Learner's Dictionary
Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language
Khabichev (ed.) 1990 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Phrasebook
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary
Otarov and Gabaeva 2000 · Russian–Balkar Explanatory Dictionary of Sectoral Vocabulary
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary

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Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of şahar, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	şaharthe city	şaharımmy city	şaharıŋyour city	şaharıhis city	şaharıbızour city	şaharığızyou all's city	şaharlarıtheir cities
Genitive	şaharnıthe city's	şaharımımy city's	şaharıŋıyour city's	şaharınıhis city's	şaharıbıznıour city's	şaharığıznıyou all's city's	şaharlarınıtheir cities'
Accusative	şaharnıthe city (as the object)	şaharımımy city (as the object)	şaharıŋıyour city (as the object)	şaharınhis city (as the object)	şaharıbıznıour city (as the object)	şaharığıznıyou all's city (as the object)	şaharlarıntheir cities (as the object)
Dative	şaharğato the city	şaharımato my city	şaharıŋato your city	şaharınato his city	şaharıbızğato our city	şaharığızğato you all's city	şaharlarınato their cities
Locative	şahardain / at the city	şaharımdain / at my city	şaharıŋdain / at your city	şaharındain / at his city	şaharıbızdain / at our city	şaharığızdain / at you all's city	şaharlarındain / at their cities
Ablative	şahardanfrom the city	şaharımdanfrom my city	şaharıŋdanfrom your city	şaharındanfrom his city	şaharıbızdanfrom our city	şaharığızdanfrom you all's city	şaharlarındanfrom their cities

Plural

Plural — cases of şahar, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	şaharlathe cities	şaharlarımmy cities	şaharlarıŋyour cities	şaharlarıhis cities	şaharlarıbızour cities	şaharlarığızyou all's cities	şaharlarıtheir cities
Genitive	şaharlanıthe cities'	şaharlarımımy cities'	şaharlarıŋıyour cities'	şaharlarınıhis cities'	şaharlarıbıznıour cities'	şaharlarığıznıyou all's cities'	şaharlarınıtheir cities'
Accusative	şaharlanıthe cities (as the object)	şaharlarımımy cities (as the object)	şaharlarıŋıyour cities (as the object)	şaharlarınhis cities (as the object)	şaharlarıbıznıour cities (as the object)	şaharlarığıznıyou all's cities (as the object)	şaharlarıntheir cities (as the object)
Dative	şaharlağato the cities	şaharlarımato my cities	şaharlarıŋato your cities	şaharlarınato his cities	şaharlarıbızğato our cities	şaharlarığızğato you all's cities	şaharlarınato their cities
Locative	şaharladain / at the cities	şaharlarımdain / at my cities	şaharlarıŋdain / at your cities	şaharlarındain / at his cities	şaharlarıbızdain / at our cities	şaharlarığızdain / at you all's cities	şaharlarındain / at their cities
Ablative	şaharladanfrom the cities	şaharlarımdanfrom my cities	şaharlarıŋdanfrom your cities	şaharlarındanfrom his cities	şaharlarıbızdanfrom our cities	şaharlarığızdanfrom you all's cities	şaharlarındanfrom their cities

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

Whose it is

Belonging to şahar — the city's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	şaharnıqıthe city's one	şaharnıqılathe city's ones	şaharlanıqıthe cities' one	şaharlanıqılathe cities' ones
Genitive	şaharnıqınıof the city's one	şaharnıqılanıof the city's ones	şaharlanıqınıof the cities' one	şaharlanıqılanıof the cities' ones
Accusative	şaharnıqınthe city's one (as the object)	şaharnıqılanıthe city's ones (as the object)	şaharlanıqınthe cities' one (as the object)	şaharlanıqılanıthe cities' ones (as the object)
Dative	şaharnıqınato the city's one	şaharnıqılağato the city's ones	şaharlanıqınato the cities' one	şaharlanıqılağato the cities' ones
Locative	şaharnıqındain / at the city's one	şaharnıqıladain / at the city's ones	şaharlanıqındain / at the cities' one	şaharlanıqıladain / at the cities' ones
Ablative	şaharnıqındanfrom the city's one	şaharnıqıladanfrom the city's ones	şaharlanıqındanfrom the cities' one	şaharlanıqıladanfrom the cities' ones

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