qoyanjürek

/qojandʒyrek/

(adj.) cowardly, timid, fearful — Literally "rabbit-hearted", from qoyan "rabbit, hare" and jürek "heart". Guzeev 1996–2005 explains it with qorqaq "coward, cowardly".

qoyanjürek adam — a cowardly person
bu jaş qoyanjürekdi — this boy is timid
qoyanjürek bolma — don't be cowardly

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — qoyanjürek
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	qoyanjürekmeI am cowardly	qoyanjürekseyou are cowardly	qoyanjürekdihe is cowardly	qoyanjürekbizwe are cowardly	qoyanjüreksizyou all are cowardly	qoyanjürekdilethey are cowardly
comparative — more	qoyanjüregirekmeI am more cowardly	qoyanjüregirekseyou are more cowardly	qoyanjüregirekdihe is more cowardly	qoyanjüregirekbizwe are more cowardly	qoyanjüregireksizyou all are more cowardly	qoyanjüregirekdilethey are more cowardly
intensifier — very	bek qoyanjürekmeI am very cowardly	bek qoyanjürekseyou are very cowardly	bek qoyanjürekdihe is very cowardly	bek qoyanjürekbizwe are very cowardly	bek qoyanjüreksizyou all are very cowardly	bek qoyanjürekdilethey are very cowardly
superlative — most	em qoyanjürekmeI am the most cowardly	em qoyanjürekseyou are the most cowardly	em qoyanjürekdihe is the most cowardly	em qoyanjürekbizwe are the most cowardly	em qoyanjüreksizyou all are the most cowardly	em qoyanjürekdilethey are the most cowardly

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — qoyanjürek
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki qoyanjürekdimine is cowardly	seniki qoyanjürekdiyours is cowardly	anıqı qoyanjürekdihis is cowardly	bizniki qoyanjürekdiours is cowardly	sizniki qoyanjürekdiyours (pl.) is cowardly	alanıqı qoyanjürekditheirs is cowardly
comparative — more	meniki qoyanjüregirekdimine is more cowardly	seniki qoyanjüregirekdiyours is more cowardly	anıqı qoyanjüregirekdihis is more cowardly	bizniki qoyanjüregirekdiours is more cowardly	sizniki qoyanjüregirekdiyours (pl.) is more cowardly	alanıqı qoyanjüregirekditheirs is more cowardly
intensifier — very	meniki bek qoyanjürekdimine is very cowardly	seniki bek qoyanjürekdiyours is very cowardly	anıqı bek qoyanjürekdihis is very cowardly	bizniki bek qoyanjürekdiours is very cowardly	sizniki bek qoyanjürekdiyours (pl.) is very cowardly	alanıqı bek qoyanjürekditheirs is very cowardly
superlative — most	meniki em qoyanjürekdimine is the most cowardly	seniki em qoyanjürekdiyours is the most cowardly	anıqı em qoyanjürekdihis is the most cowardly	bizniki em qoyanjürekdiours is the most cowardly	sizniki em qoyanjürekdiyours (pl.) is the most cowardly	alanıqı em qoyanjürekditheirs is the most cowardly

Several things

Several things — qoyanjürek
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile qoyanjürekdilemine are cowardly	senikile qoyanjürekdileyours are cowardly	anıqıla qoyanjürekdilehis are cowardly	biznikile qoyanjürekdileours are cowardly	siznikile qoyanjürekdileyours (pl.) are cowardly	alanıqıla qoyanjürekdiletheirs are cowardly
comparative — more	menikile qoyanjüregirekdilemine are more cowardly	senikile qoyanjüregirekdileyours are more cowardly	anıqıla qoyanjüregirekdilehis are more cowardly	biznikile qoyanjüregirekdileours are more cowardly	siznikile qoyanjüregirekdileyours (pl.) are more cowardly	alanıqıla qoyanjüregirekdiletheirs are more cowardly
intensifier — very	menikile bek qoyanjürekdilemine are very cowardly	senikile bek qoyanjürekdileyours are very cowardly	anıqıla bek qoyanjürekdilehis are very cowardly	biznikile bek qoyanjürekdileours are very cowardly	siznikile bek qoyanjürekdileyours (pl.) are very cowardly	alanıqıla bek qoyanjürekdiletheirs are very cowardly
superlative — most	menikile em qoyanjürekdilemine are the most cowardly	senikile em qoyanjürekdileyours are the most cowardly	anıqıla em qoyanjürekdilehis are the most cowardly	biznikile em qoyanjürekdileours are the most cowardly	siznikile em qoyanjürekdileyours (pl.) are the most cowardly	alanıqıla em qoyanjürekdiletheirs are the most cowardly

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