сама•н
{noun} [Generate paradigm] 1. times
♦ у сама•н {noun} modern times, new age
♦ тени•йысе сама•н {noun} modern times, contemporary age
♢ сама•н весеме•ш {sentence} times are changing
2. age, era, epoch, period
♦ пула•мыр сама•н {noun} period of unrest
♦ сове•т сама•н {noun} Soviet period
3. {politics} system, order
♦ кугыжа•н сама•н {noun} czarist system
4. conditions, living conditions
♢ сама•н тӧрлане•н {sentence} things started looking up in life
♦ и•лыш сама•н {noun} conditions, living conditions
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♦ сама•н па•ле {noun} sign of the times
