para-çara

/para-tʃara/

(adj.) torn to shreds, in tatters (Pers.) — Mostly used with bolurğa (be torn to shreds) or eterge (tear to shreds). Guzeev 1996–2005 notes that the second part, çara, is not used on its own.

para-çara eterge — to tear to shreds
para-çara bolurğa — to be torn to shreds
Biz bolğannı para-çara etdik — We tore everything there was to shreds

Expressions

para-çara bolurğa — smashed to pieces (Collocation)

Saying it about someone

Saying it about someone — para-çara
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	para-çaramaI am torn to shreds	para-çarasayou are torn to shreds	para-çaradıhe is torn to shreds	para-çarabızwe are torn to shreds	para-çarasızyou all are torn to shreds	para-çaradılathey are torn to shreds

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden para-çaradı — "compared to me, he is torn to shreds."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — para-çara
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki para-çaradımine is torn to shreds	seniki para-çaradıyours is torn to shreds	anıqı para-çaradıhis is torn to shreds	bizniki para-çaradıours is torn to shreds	sizniki para-çaradıyours (pl.) is torn to shreds	alanıqı para-çaradıtheirs is torn to shreds

Several things

Several things — para-çara
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile para-çaradılamine are torn to shreds	senikile para-çaradılayours are torn to shreds	anıqıla para-çaradılahis are torn to shreds	biznikile para-çaradılaours are torn to shreds	siznikile para-çaradılayours (pl.) are torn to shreds	alanıqıla para-çaradılatheirs are torn to shreds

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu para-çaradı, bıla para-çaradıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".