keng
/keŋ/
Definitions
1. wide, broad, spacious, expansive
- keng tüzde mal sürüwü jayıldı — the livestock herd spread across the broad plain
- keng jol tawğa eltedi — a wide road leads to the mountain
- üyübüznü içi bek kengdi — the interior of our house is very spacious
2. widely, broadly, extensively
- Qaraçay ellede keng jayılğandı — widely spread in Karachay villages
- keng quçaq açıb — with open arms
- keng qara duniyanı işlerine — look broadly upon the affairs of the world
3. distant, estranged, keeping (oneself) apart from someone or something
- amanladan keng qalsınla — keep away from the bad
- ol manga keng adamça qaradı — he looked at me as if I were a stranger
- elden keng tutdu — kept away from the village
Related
kenglikqualitywidth, the measurement of how wide something is; an open expanse, a wide stretch of country or sky; the distance separating two things, an interval; breadth of mind or of feeling; scope
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| base form | kengwide |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | kengirekwider |
| intensifier — very | bek kengvery wide |
| superlative — most | em kengthe widest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden kengdi — "compared to me, he is wide."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men kengmeI am wide | biz kengbizwe are wide |
| 2nd person | sen kengseyou are wide | siz kengsizyou all are wide |
| 3rd person | ol kengdihe / she / it is wide | ala kengdilethey are wide |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu kengdithis is wide | bıla kengdilethese are wide |
| that / those | ol kengdithat / it is wide | ala kengdilethose / they are wide |
| mine | meniki kengdimine is wide | menikile kengdilemine are wide |
| yours | seniki kengdiyours is wide | senikile kengdileyours are wide |
| ours | bizniki kengdiours is wide | biznikile kengdileours are wide |