Weights, measures & amounts
Weighing, measuring and counting — ölçelerge to measure, bazman the scales, and the old units a hand or an arm still gives you.
Measuring and weighing
- ölçelerge measure
- ölçe measure
- çegerge weigh
- tartarğa weigh out
- bazman scales
- gir a balance weight
- awurluq weight
- sanarğa count
- tergerge count up, total
Heavy, light, full, empty
Size
Units
- metr meter
- kilogramm kilogram
- litr liter
- atlam step, pace
- qarış span
- qarı cubit
- arşın arshin
- qıçırım verst
- merke measure of grain
Handfuls, pieces and loads
- uwuç handful
- quçaq armful
- atım pinch
- çelek bucketful
- qab sackful
- tüyümçek bundle
- tilim slice
- kesek piece
- ülüş share
- qoş pair
The old body measures are still the quickest ones in speech: qarış is a hand's span, qarı the elbow-to-fingertip cubit, quçaq an armful. uwuç is the cupped hand and so also a handful, and atım — literally one throw — is a pinch of salt or tea.