English meanings: K

119 English headings, pointing to 165 Karachay meanings. The complete definition is shown so near-synonyms and distinct senses stay visible.

Kaaba 1

  • Kyaba
    • the Kaaba, the sanctuary at Mecca towards which Muslims pray noun; religion

Kabardian 2

  • qabartı
    • Kabardian, relating to the Kabardian people or region of Kabarda adjective
  • Qabartılı
    • a Kabardian; a member of the majority people of Kabardino-Balkaria noun

Kadet 1

  • kadet
    • a Kadet, a member of the Constitutional Democratic party noun; history

kaftan 1

  • qaptal
    • kaftan, a quilted knee-length sleeveless outer coat noun

Kalmyk 1

  • qalmuq
    • Kalmyk, of or relating to the Kalmyk people adjective

kapron 1

  • kapron
    • kapron, a polyamide synthetic fibre noun

Karachay 2

  • Qaraçay
    • Karachay; of or relating to the Karachay people, their land, or their language adjective
    • Karachay, the homeland of the Karachay people in the northern Caucasus noun
  • Qaraçaylı
    • a Karachay, a member of the Karachay people noun

Karachay and Balkar dish of flour and cheese dressed with butter or sour cream 1

  • qatıq
    • a Karachay and Balkar dish of flour and cheese dressed with butter or sour cream noun

karakul 1

  • buhar
    • karakul, astrakhan lambskin noun

Kazakh 2

  • qazah
    • Kazakh adjective
  • qazaq
    • Kazakh, a person of the Kazakh nation noun

keen-edged 1

  • awuzlu
    • keen-edged, having a cutting edge adjective

keenness 1

keenness of mind or of the senses 1

  • jitilik
    • keenness of mind or of the senses; penetration, acuity noun; figurative

keep 5

  • asırarğa
    • to keep, to store, to keep safe verb
  • aşathan
    • keep, the cost of feeding someone participle
  • jürütürge
    • to keep, to own (livestock, wealth) verb
    • to keep, to conduct (a case, accounts) verb
  • küterge
    • to keep (livestock, poultry) verb; figurative
  • saqlarğa
    • to keep, to store, to preserve verb

keep alive 1

keep apart 1

keep company with someone as an equal 1

  • özengileşirge
    • to keep company with someone as an equal, to associate on equal terms verb

keep for oneself 1

  • ençilerge
    • to keep for oneself, to appropriate, to refuse to share verb

keep hinting at something 1

  • ıngırdarğa
    • to keep hinting at something, to keep bringing it up verb; figurative

keep quiet 1

  • tıngılarğa
    • to keep quiet, to hold one's peace, to say nothing verb

keep someone standing or waiting 1

keep someone waiting 1

  • saqlatırğa
    • to keep someone waiting, to make someone wait verb

keep up 1

  • jürütürge
    • to keep up, to maintain (kinship, an acquaintance) verb

keep warm 1

  • jılıtırğa
    • to keep warm, to keep the cold out (of clothing) verb

keep watch on 1

keep watch over 1

  • gözetlerge
    • to keep watch over, to guard, to stand sentry over verb

keeping 1

  • asıraw
    • keeping, storing away noun

keeping alive 1

keeping and raising livestock 1

  • tutuw
    • keeping and raising livestock noun

keeping silent 1

  • tıngılaw
    • keeping silent, holding one's peace, making no sound noun

keeping watch 1

  • qarawulluq
    • keeping watch, the keeping of watch; guard duty, and the office of a watchman noun

kefir 1

  • kefir
    • kefir, a fermented milk drink noun

kefir grain 1

  • gıpı
    • kefir grain, the living starter with which soured milk is made noun; ethnography

kept 1

  • asıralğan
    • kept, stored, put away, held in reserve adjective

kept for best 1

  • ayawlu
    • kept for best, worn only on special occasions adjective

kernel 1

    • the kernel, the pith, the filling inside something noun

kerosene 1

  • pategen
    • kerosene, paraffin oil noun

kettle 1

  • çaynik
    • kettle, a vessel with a handle and a spout for boiling water or making tea noun

key for a lock 1

  • açhıç
    • key for a lock; lock pick noun

key of a keyboard instrument 1

  • tiek
    • a key of a keyboard instrument; a fret of a stringed one noun

key or tool used to wind 1

  • açhıç
    • key or tool used to wind, adjust, or operate a mechanism noun

key to understanding or achieving something 1

  • açhıç
    • key to understanding or achieving something; solution noun; figurative

khaganate 1

  • kaganat
    • a khaganate, a state ruled by a khagan noun; history

Khakas 1

  • Hakas
    • Khakas, belonging to the Khakas people of southern Siberia adjective

khan 1

  • han
    • khan, monarch, prince, sovereign historical ruler noun

khurjin: a double saddlebag thrown over a horse 1

  • hurjun
    • a khurjin: a double saddlebag thrown over a horse noun

kick 1

  • çoçurğa
    • to kick, to lash out with the hind legs (of a horse or donkey) verb

kick one's legs 1

kicking 1

kid 1

  • ulaq
    • kid, young goat noun

kidney 1

  • bürek
    • a kidney noun; anatomy

kill 8

kill off 1

  • qatdırırğa
    • to kill off, to starve or freeze someone to death verb

killing 2

  • murdarlıq
    • killing, the taking of life; the trade of a killer noun
  • öltürüw
    • killing, murder noun

killing one another 1

kilogram 2

kind 5

  • şapağatçı
    • a kind, charitable person noun
  • tuqum
    • kind, sort, type noun
  • tür
    • a kind, sort or type; the form a thing takes noun
  • türlü
    • kind, sort, or variety of something noun
  • türlüsü
    • kind, sort, variant — a particular version of a thing noun

kind of silk cloth 1

  • qanazir
    • a kind of silk cloth noun

kind-hearted 1

  • oğurlu
    • kind-hearted, gentle adjective

kindle 1

kindliness 1

  • jılıw
    • kindliness, affection in one's manner towards another noun; figurative

kindling 2

  • tamızıq
    • kindling, the splinters and chips used to start a fire noun
  • tirgiziw
    • kindling, lighting noun

kindness 3

  • halallıq
    • kindness, good-heartedness, generosity of spirit noun
  • jumuşaqlıq
    • kindness, gentleness of disposition noun; figurative
  • oğurluluq
    • kindness, goodness of heart noun

kindred 1

  • taphır
    • a kindred, a family line noun

king 1

  • patçah
    • king, tsar, sovereign ruler of a state noun
    • king, the court card ranking above the queen noun

kinsman 1

kiosk 1

  • tükençik
    • a kiosk, a booth from which goods are sold in the street noun

kiss 1

  • uppa
    • kiss, kissing noun

kiss given to a small child 1

  • uppa
    • a kiss given to a small child noun

kitchen 1

  • kuhnya
    • a kitchen, the room in which food is prepared noun

kitchen garden 2

  • baçha
    • kitchen garden, vegetable plot noun
  • ogorod
    • a kitchen garden, a plot for growing vegetables noun; colloquial

kite 1

  • qırğıy
    • kite, a hawk of the open hillsides noun

kitten 1

kitty 1

  • miyaw
    • kitty, puss (a cat) noun

knack 1

  • eb
    • a knack, the practised skill of doing a thing the right way noun

knead 3

  • basarğa
    • to knead, to thresh verb
  • iylerge
    • to knead (dough) verb
  • uwarğa
    • to knead, to mash, to work something soft (leather, potatoes, a cow's udder) verb

knee 1

  • tobuq
    • knee noun; anatomy

kneel 1

kneeling 1

knife 2

knife carried on the person 1

  • kezlik
    • a knife carried on the person, a belt knife noun

knit 2

  • eşerge
    • to knit (socks, a jumper) verb
  • qaynarğa
    • to knit, to grow together (of a broken bone) verb

knob 1

  • guloç
    • knob, the rounded head of a staff noun

knock against 2

  • tierge
    • to knock against, to bump into verb
  • tiyerge
    • to knock against, to bump into verb

knock back 1

  • jutarğa
    • to knock back, to drink (spirits) verb; figurative, colloquial

knock back a drink 1

  • qaplarğa
    • to knock back a drink verb; colloquial

knock down 4

  • qablarğa
    • to knock down, to lay low verb
  • qaplarğa
    • to knock down, to floor someone verb
  • tigiltirge
    • to knock down, to fell, to bring someone down with a blow verb
  • töngeretirge
    • to knock down, to send sprawling, to lay out verb

knock over 1

  • awdarırğa
    • to knock over, to fell, to overturn something verb

knock someone down 2

  • awnatırğa
    • to knock someone down, to bowl someone over verb; figurative
  • jığıltırğa
    • to knock someone down, to make someone fall, to drop something verb

knock someone over 1

  • çömeltirge
    • to knock someone over, to fell someone with a blow verb

knock someone senseless 1

  • oysuratırğa
    • to knock someone senseless, to make someone faint verb

knock something aside 1

knock something flying 1

  • çortlatırğa
    • to knock something flying, to send something spinning off verb

knocking 1

  • qağıw
    • knocking, a knock, a blow noun

knocking down 1

  • jığıw
    • knocking down, throwing down noun

knot 2

  • ilinmek
    • knot, the place where the ends of cords are tied noun
  • tüyümçek
    • a knot, the place where the ends of a cord are drawn tight together noun

knot in which the ends of a headscarf are tied on the crown of the head 1

  • çoh
    • a knot in which the ends of a headscarf are tied on the crown of the head noun

knotted 1

  • tügen
    • knotted, tied, bound up adjective

know 3

know how to do something 1

  • bilirge
    • to know how to do something, to be able verb

knowing 2

  • tanığan
    • knowing, acquainted with, recognizing, familiar participle
  • tanıw
    • knowing, recognizing noun

knowing far beyond one's years 1

  • qartguna
    • knowing far beyond one's years, precociously clever adjective; pejorative

knowledge 2

  • bilgen
    • knowledge, what is known, learning noun
  • bilim
    • knowledge, learning, what one knows noun

knowledgeable 2

  • bilimli
    • knowledgeable, well-informed, versed adjective
  • haparlı
    • knowledgeable, well versed in something adjective

known 2

  • belgili
    • known, famous, well-known, celebrated, prominent adjective
  • tanıwlu
    • known, well-known, recognized adjective

knucklebone 1

  • aşıq
    • knucklebone, sheep astragalus bone used in traditional throwing games noun

Komi 1

  • Komi
    • Komi, a people of the north-east of European Russia noun

Komsomol 1

  • komsomol
    • Komsomol, the Soviet youth organization of the Communist Party noun

Komsomol member 1

  • komsomolçu
    • Komsomol member, member of the Komsomol, the Soviet communist youth organization noun

Komsomol organizer 1

  • komsorg
    • Komsomol organizer, the head of a primary Komsomol organization noun

kopeck 1

  • kapek
    • a kopeck, the hundredth part of a rouble noun

Korean 1

Kuban river 1

  • qoban
    • the Kuban river noun

kulak 1

  • kulak
    • kulak, a prosperous peasant classed as an exploiter in Soviet policy noun; history

kumis 1

  • qımız
    • kumis, fermented mare's milk noun

Kumyk 2

  • Qumuq
    • a Kumyk, a member of the Turkic people of the Dagestan lowlands noun
    • Kumyk, belonging to that people adjective
  • Qumuqlu
    • a Kumyk, a member of the Turkic people of the Dagestan plain noun

Kurd 1

  • kurd
    • Kurd, Kurdish adjective

Kyrgyz 2

Kyzylbek 1

  • qızılbek
    • the Kyzylbek, an Abkhaz-Adyghe people who lived neighbouring the Karachays noun; history