Tastes & textures
How food and things feel to the tongue, the nose and the hand — tatlı sweet, açı bitter, jumuşaq soft, qatı hard.
Taste
- tatıw taste
- tatarğa taste
- tatlı sweet
- açı bitter, sour
- mıstı sour
- tuzlu salty
- tuzsuz unsalted
- küçlü spicy
- tatıwlu tasty
- tatıwsuz tasteless
Smell
Feel & texture
- jumuşaq soft
- qatı hard
- mamuq very soft
- sıydam smooth
- zıbır rough
- juqa thin
- qalın thick
- şatık crisp
- jawlu fatty
- suwlu juicy
- quru dry
- jibigen wet
Raw, cooked, spoiled
Hot & cold
açı is one word for both bitter and sour, and it also does the sharp bite of smoke, wind or words. küçlü is the everyday "strong" adjective, so it covers spicy and bitter food as well as a strong person. For smell Karachay has two plain nouns, iyis and jıyı.