jarlı

/dʒarlɯ/ · plural jarlıla

1. (adj.) poor, needy — jarlı bolurğa means become poor, and jarlı eterge means ruin someone. The opposite is bay.

jarlı adam — a poor man
jarlı üy — a poor family
jarlı halq — poor people
jarlı bolurğa — to grow poor
jarlı eterge — to ruin, to make poor
jarlı üydegi — a poor family

2. (adj.) unfortunate, wretched, poor thing (fig.) — It is often used of someone pitied or mourned: anam jarlı means my poor late mother, and menden jarlı kim bolur means who could be more unfortunate than me.

jarlı jan — poor soul
ay jarlı sen! — ah, you poor thing!
anam jarlı — my poor late mother
ow men jarlı! — oh, wretch that I am!
menden jarlı kim bolur? — who could be more wretched than me?

3. (n.) poor man, pauper — The plural jarlıla means the poor.

jarlıla köbdüle — the poor are many
jarlı bay bolur — a poor man may become rich
bay jarlığa qarnaş bolmaz — a rich man will not become a brother to a poor man
baynı onowu jarlığa jaramaz — the rich man's advice does not suit the poor man
jarlığa jar awar — the cliff falls on the poor man

4. (adv.) poorly, in poverty — It is used with verbs of living and dressing: jarlı jaşarğa means live in poverty.

jarlı jaşarğa — to live in poverty
ala jarlı jaşaydıla — they live in poverty
jarlı jaşağanla — they lived in poverty
jarlı ösgen adam — a person who grew up poor

5. (adj.) poor, weak, shallow (of content or expressive power) (fig.) one source

tili jarlı çığarma — a work whose language is poor

Expressions

adam jarlısı — person without kin (Idiom)
jarlı üynü kiştigi kibik — wretchedly poor (Idiom)
jarlını buzowu ögüzlük eter — child fills adult's role (Idiom · Proverb or saying)
jarlını jarğa tıyğanlay — prey on the weak (Idiom · Proverb or saying)

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100 common adjectives

Sources

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Gochiyaeva et al. 1993 · Russian–Karachay Learner's Dictionary · meanings 1, 3
Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 2, 4
Guzeev 2000 · School Explanatory Dictionary of the Balkar Language · meaning 3
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · all meanings
Khabichev (ed.) 1990 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Phrasebook · meaning 1
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meanings 1, 2
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meanings 1, 3, 4
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meanings 1–3

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As an adjective

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — jarlı
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	jarlımaI am poor	jarlısayou are poor	jarlıdıhe is poor	jarlıbızwe are poor	jarlısızyou all are poor	jarlıdılathey are poor
comparative — more	jarlıraqmaI am poorer	jarlıraqsayou are poorer	jarlıraqdıhe is poorer	jarlıraqbızwe are poorer	jarlıraqsızyou all are poorer	jarlıraqdılathey are poorer
intensifier — very	bek jarlımaI am very poor	bek jarlısayou are very poor	bek jarlıdıhe is very poor	bek jarlıbızwe are very poor	bek jarlısızyou all are very poor	bek jarlıdılathey are very poor
superlative — most	em jarlımaI am the poorest	em jarlısayou are the poorest	em jarlıdıhe is the poorest	em jarlıbızwe are the poorest	em jarlısızyou all are the poorest	em jarlıdılathey are the poorest

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden jarlıdı — "compared to me, he is poor."

As a noun

Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of jarlı, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	jarlıthe poor man	jarlımmy poor man	jarlıŋyour poor man	jarlısıhis poor man	jarlıbızour poor man	jarlığızyou all's poor man	jarlılarıtheir poor men
Genitive	jarlınıthe poor man's	jarlımımy poor man's	jarlıŋıyour poor man's	jarlısınıhis poor man's	jarlıbıznıour poor man's	jarlığıznıyou all's poor man's	jarlılarınıtheir poor men's
Accusative	jarlınıthe poor man (as the object)	jarlımımy poor man (as the object)	jarlıŋıyour poor man (as the object)	jarlısınhis poor man (as the object)	jarlıbıznıour poor man (as the object)	jarlığıznıyou all's poor man (as the object)	jarlılarıntheir poor men (as the object)
Dative	jarlığato the poor man	jarlımato my poor man	jarlıŋato your poor man	jarlısınato his poor man	jarlıbızğato our poor man	jarlığızğato you all's poor man	jarlılarınato their poor men
Locative	jarlıdain / at the poor man	jarlımdain / at my poor man	jarlıŋdain / at your poor man	jarlısındain / at his poor man	jarlıbızdain / at our poor man	jarlığızdain / at you all's poor man	jarlılarındain / at their poor men
Ablative	jarlıdanfrom the poor man	jarlımdanfrom my poor man	jarlıŋdanfrom your poor man	jarlısındanfrom his poor man	jarlıbızdanfrom our poor man	jarlığızdanfrom you all's poor man	jarlılarındanfrom their poor men

Plural

Plural — cases of jarlı, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	jarlılathe poor men	jarlılarımmy poor men	jarlılarıŋyour poor men	jarlılarıhis poor men	jarlılarıbızour poor men	jarlılarığızyou all's poor men	jarlılarıtheir poor men
Genitive	jarlılanıthe poor men's	jarlılarımımy poor men's	jarlılarıŋıyour poor men's	jarlılarınıhis poor men's	jarlılarıbıznıour poor men's	jarlılarığıznıyou all's poor men's	jarlılarınıtheir poor men's
Accusative	jarlılanıthe poor men (as the object)	jarlılarımımy poor men (as the object)	jarlılarıŋıyour poor men (as the object)	jarlılarınhis poor men (as the object)	jarlılarıbıznıour poor men (as the object)	jarlılarığıznıyou all's poor men (as the object)	jarlılarıntheir poor men (as the object)
Dative	jarlılağato the poor men	jarlılarımato my poor men	jarlılarıŋato your poor men	jarlılarınato his poor men	jarlılarıbızğato our poor men	jarlılarığızğato you all's poor men	jarlılarınato their poor men
Locative	jarlıladain / at the poor men	jarlılarımdain / at my poor men	jarlılarıŋdain / at your poor men	jarlılarındain / at his poor men	jarlılarıbızdain / at our poor men	jarlılarığızdain / at you all's poor men	jarlılarındain / at their poor men
Ablative	jarlıladanfrom the poor men	jarlılarımdanfrom my poor men	jarlılarıŋdanfrom your poor men	jarlılarındanfrom his poor men	jarlılarıbızdanfrom our poor men	jarlılarığızdanfrom you all's poor men	jarlılarındanfrom their poor men

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: jarlıları can mean "his / her poor men", "their poor man", or "their poor men" — context decides.

Whose it is

Belonging to jarlı — the poor man's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	jarlınıqıthe poor man's one	jarlınıqılathe poor man's ones	jarlılanıqıthe poor men's one	jarlılanıqılathe poor men's ones
Genitive	jarlınıqınıof the poor man's one	jarlınıqılanıof the poor man's ones	jarlılanıqınıof the poor men's one	jarlılanıqılanıof the poor men's ones
Accusative	jarlınıqınthe poor man's one (as the object)	jarlınıqılanıthe poor man's ones (as the object)	jarlılanıqınthe poor men's one (as the object)	jarlılanıqılanıthe poor men's ones (as the object)
Dative	jarlınıqınato the poor man's one	jarlınıqılağato the poor man's ones	jarlılanıqınato the poor men's one	jarlılanıqılağato the poor men's ones
Locative	jarlınıqındain / at the poor man's one	jarlınıqıladain / at the poor man's ones	jarlılanıqındain / at the poor men's one	jarlılanıqıladain / at the poor men's ones
Ablative	jarlınıqındanfrom the poor man's one	jarlınıqıladanfrom the poor man's ones	jarlılanıqındanfrom the poor men's one	jarlılanıqıladanfrom the poor men's ones

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.