The Karachay horse
The horse the Karachay are known for: at at every age, the colors of its coat, the tack it carries, its paces, and the work of keeping it.
The animal
- at horse
- ayğır stallion
- baytal mare
- tay foal
- alaşa gelding
- atlıq colt
- hora thoroughbred horse
- jılqı herd of horses at pasture
Coat colors
- tür coat color
- qara black
- aq white
- boz gray, roan
- toru bay
- qaratoru dark bay
- qızıl chestnut
- çubar piebald
Tack
- jer saddle
- jügen bridle
- awuzluq bit
- bilek rein
- özeŋi stirrup
- nohta halter
- qamçi whip
- ayıl saddle girth
- jawurluq saddle-cloth
- artmaq saddlebag
- nal horseshoe
Riding and paces
- minerge mount
- atlanırğa mount a horse
- jerlerge saddle a horse
- jaydaq bareback
- jortarğa trot
- jorğalarğa go at an amble
- törtgüllerge gallop
- kişnerge neigh
- atlı horseman
Keeping a horse
- otlarğa graze
- kişenlerge hobble
- jegerge harness
- qırğıç currycomb
- atçı stableman
Coat words double as names for the animal itself — toru is both 'bay' and 'a bay horse'. Jılqı is the herd of horses at pasture, distinct from sürüw, a flock or herd of smaller stock.