Describing how someone looks

Plain words for a person's looks — uzun tall, arıq thin, ariw beautiful — plus the nouns for a figure and a resemblance.

Looks & figure

• sıfat appearance
• çıray good looks
• sın physique
• boy height
• uşarğa resemble someone
• uşaş similar

Height & build

• uzun tall
• qısha short (of stature)
• arıq thin
• subay slender
• semiz fat
• tolu plump
• küçlü strong
• qarıwsuz weak

Hair

• çaç hair
• burma curly
• tüz straight (of hair)
• çalbaş grey-haired
• çıgır bald
• saqallı bearded

Face & complexion

• bet face
• qan colour of the face
• qansız pale
• qara dark (of hair or complexion)
• ariw beautiful
• aybat handsome
• erşi ugly

Age & upkeep

• jaş young
• qart old
• tizginli tidy
• uşağıwlu neat

To ask what someone looks like, Karachay reaches for sıfat or sın rather than a verb: sıfatı qalaydı?. For a likeness use uşarğa with the dative — atasına uşaydı he takes after his father.