alf
/alf/
mainly Balkar word
1. gigantic, huge, great — Often used as an epithet of heroes in the Nart epics, placed before the hero's name. It is also used of mountains, as in alf taw "a giant mountain".
- alf taw — a gigantic mountain
- alf Örüzmek — the great Yoryuzmek
- alf jigit keldi — a great hero came
- ol alf taşdı — that is a huge stone
- bu alf tawdu — this is a gigantic mountain
- alf tawnu eki töppesine — onto the two peaks of the gigantic mountain
2. strongman — Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it Balkar and compares it with peliwan. one source
- ol alfdı — he is a strongman
- men alfnı kördüm — I saw the strongman
No tables are shown for Balkar meanings: the forms on this site are built by Karachay rules.