Talabalarning

Talabalarning is a genitive plural form in Uzbek that denotes possession or association with more than one student. It translates roughly as "of the students" or "the students’" in English and is used to link a noun that belongs to or is related to students.

Morphology and formation: The form is built from the root talaba (student). The plural suffix -lar makes talabalar (students), and the genitive suffix -ning attaches to the whole noun, yielding talabalar ning, which orthographically contracts to talabalarning. This form is placed before the possessed noun to indicate ownership or relation, as in talabalarning kitobi (the students’ book) or talabalarning darslari (the students’ classes).

Usage: Talabalarning is common in standard Uzbek, including educational, administrative, and media contexts. It appears whenever a statement concerns something belonging to or connected with students as a group, for example talabalarning siyosati (the students’ policy) or talabalarning majlisi (the students’ assembly). The phrase closely parallels other possessive constructions in Uzbek that use the same -ning genitive suffix after a plural noun.

Etymology and related forms: Talabalarning derives from talaba (student) + -lar (plural) + -ning (genitive). Related terms include talabalar (students) for the plural noun and talabaning or talabangizning for the singular possessive forms, depending on number and person. The word talaba itself traces back to Arabic and Persian roots meaning “seeker” or “one who studies.”

See also: talaba, talabalar, talabalarning kitobi, Uzbek genitive constructions.