100 common adjectives
One hundred describing words to learn first — size, age, place, how things feel, and what people are like.
Size and shape
- ullu big
- gitçe small
- uzun long
- qısha short
- miyik high
- alaşa low
- keŋ wide
- tar narrow
- teren deep
- qalın thick
- juqa thin
- tögerek round
Good and bad
Age and time
- jaŋı new
- eski old
- jaş young
- qart old
- kiçi younger
- tamada older; senior
- ertde early
- keç late
- alğın former
- busağat current
- kelir future
Place
Same, different, right and wrong
- başha different
- birça alike
- teŋ equal
- uşaş similar
- biyağı same
- tüz right
- ters wrong
- kerti true
- türlü-türlü various
Full, clean, light and open
- tolu full
- boş empty
- quru dry
- jibigen wet
- taza clean
- kirli dirty
- jarıq light
- qaraŋı dark
- açıq open
- jabıq shut
Weight, speed, touch and heat
- awur heavy
- jeŋil light; fast
- aqırın slow
- qatı hard
- jumuşaq soft
- jiti sharp
- issi hot
- suwuq cold
- jılı warm
- tatlı sweet
- açı bitter
Easy, hard, needed and known
- qıyın difficult
- tınç easy
- hazır ready
- kerekli necessary
- belgili known
- tanış familiar
- tas lost
- bütün whole
- uçuz cheap
- bağalı expensive
Body and health
Mood
Character and standing
- aqıllı intelligent
- teli foolish
- saq careful
- erkin free
- batır brave
- hını harsh
- oğurlu kind-hearted
- çomart generous
- sıylı respected
- bay rich
- jarlı poor
Chosen from the published dictionary with corpus counts as a guide, not a ruling. An adjective sits in front of its noun and does not change — ullu üy a big house, ullu üyle big houses. Colours have their own bank. Left out on purpose: participles such as oquğan (educated), which belong with their verb; the productive -lı/-sız family (tuzlu salty, tuzsuz unsalted), where learning the suffix beats learning the list; ethnonyms; and one spelling of each doublet — miyik as in the opposites bank, not biyik.