turn

Pronunciation (Yadda ake faɗi)

Homophones

• tern

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) turn

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) turns

Past tense (ya wuce) turned

Past participle (ya wuce) turned

Present participle (ana cikin yi) turning

1. rotate <> juya

   Turn a key in a lock. <> Juya mabuɗi cikin kwaɗo.

2. to turn something around. <> jirkita.

   They turned the table around. <> Sun jirkita teburin.

3. change direction <> karkata, karkace

   The road turns to the south. <> Hanya ta karkata kudu.

4. turn's one head around. <> waiwaya / waiwayo.

   He turned his head around and looked at them. <> Ya waiwaya ya duba su.

5. turn to the right or left. <> yi dama ko hagu = juya dama ko hagu.
6. (figuratively) seek, turn to for help <> nema, roƙa

   He didn't know which way to turn to. <> Ya rasa inda zai sa kansa.

   It is You we worship and You we ask for help. = You alone do we turn to for help <> Kai muke bauta wa, kuma Kai muke neman taimakonKa. --Qur'an 1:5