Canabin

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish جناب (cenab), from Arabic جَنَاب (janāb), suffixed with possessive suffixes. Compare Turkish cenap, Azerbaijani cənab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑnɑˈbin/
  • Hyphenation: Ca‧na‧bin

Pronoun

Canabin (accusative Canabini, plural Canabiniz or Canabinizler)

  1. (formal, polite) you
    Synonym: siz
    Canabiniz burda mı?
    Are you here?

Usage notes

  • Sometimes plural Canabiniz is used when referring to a single person to indicate a greater manner of respect, which then makes the plural Canabinizler.

Declension

Declension of Canabin
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) Canabin Canabiniz
definite accusative (belirtme) Canabini Canabinizi
dative (yönelme) Canabinä Canabinizä
locative (bulunma) Canabindä Canabinizdä
ablative (çıkma) Canabindän Canabinizdän
genitive (tamlayan) Canabinin Canabinizin

See also

  • Canabisi

Further reading

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “Canabin”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 184
  • Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “Canabin”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 40