Intensifiers & hedges
The words that turn the dial up or down — bek for very, em for the most, az and hazna for hardly at all, quru for only.
Very
- bek very
- asırı very; too, excessively
- aman very (before an adjective or verb)
- ullu very
- mardasız exceedingly, beyond measure
Most and especially
Completely and exactly
- tolusunlay completely
- bütewley entirely
- ahırda completely
- qara utterly, altogether
- tuwra exactly
Toning it down
- az slightly
- kesek a little, for a short while
- igi quite, considerably
- köbüsüne mostly
- juwuq nearly, getting on for
- azdan very nearly
- hazna hardly, scarcely (with a negative)
- küçden barely
- dıkkı barely, only just
- çırtda not at all
Only, even, indeed
- quru only
- jangız merely, only
- sıngar only, merely
- bir just
- oğuna even (marking the word before it as unexpected)
- kertda indeed, truly
bek is the everyday "very" and goes before the word it strengthens. em forms the superlative and stands immediately before its adjective or adverb. aman is otherwise "bad", but before an adjective or verb it simply means "very". hazna needs a negative verb after it.