Karachay

qırs

/qɯrs/

mainly Balkar word

1. (adj.) greedy, stingy (Balkar) — Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it Balkar. Guzeev 1996–2005 refers it to qızğanç.
  • qırs adam — a greedy person
  • ol bek qırsdı — he is very stingy
  • qırs bolma — don't be greedy
  • qırs biyçeni qırq qarawaşı bolğandı — the stingy princess had forty maidservants
2. (n.) greedy person, miser (mainly Balkar) one source
  • qırsdan zat tileme — don't ask a miser for anything
  • qırsnı qolundan zat çıqmaz — nothing comes out of a miser's hand

No tables are shown for Balkar meanings: the forms on this site are built by Karachay rules.