Stages of life
A person from newborn to elder — qağanaq, sabiy, jaş, qart — with the verbs for being born, growing up and growing old.
Birth and childhood
- tuwarğa be born
- qağanaq newborn
- balaçıq little child
- sabiy child
- bala child
- jaşçıq boy
- qızçıq little girl
- sabiylik childhood
- öserge grow up
Young people
- jaş young
- qız girl, young woman
- jigit young man
- kelinçik young bride
- jaşlıq youth
- jeterge grow up, come of age
- ullayırğa grow up
Grown up
Old age and the end
- qartayırğa grow old
- qart old man
- qurtha old woman
- akkala old people
- tamada head
- qartlıq old age
- ölürge die
- ölüm death
Age is given with jıl: nença jıl bolğandı senŋe? — how old are you? ullayırğa swings both ways, grow up and grow old, so the context has to carry it; qartayırğa is only the second.