taqır

/taqɯr/

1. (adj.) cramped, tight, narrow, close; (of clothing) tight-fitting

taqır üy — a cramped house
bılayı taqırdı — it is cramped here
taqır otow — a cramped room
taqır arbaz — a cramped yard

2. (adj.) scant, meager, insufficient

aşarıq taqırdı — there is little food
tawnu aşı taqır — the food of the mountains is scant
mal aş bıltırdan ese taqırdı — fodder is scarcer than last year
süt taqırdı — the milk is scarce

3. (adj.) bare, treeless, without vegetation one source

taqır taw — a treeless mountain
taqır tawları bardı — it has bare mountains
taqır jer — bare ground
taqır qır — a bare steppe

4. (adj.) sad, downcast, heavy-hearted (fig.)

kölüm taqır boldu — my heart grew heavy
jüregi taqır boldu — his heart sank
Asiyatnı jüregi taqır boldu — Asiyat's heart grew heavy
mıdah, taqır — downcast, gloomy
taqır köllü — touchy, easily hurt

5. (adj.) hard, difficult (fig.)

taqır jaşaw — a hard life
jaşawubuz taqır edi — our life was hard
taqır künle — hard days
taqır duniya — a hard world

6. (adv.) tightly, closely, in cramped conditions

taqır jaşaybız — we live in cramped conditions
kostüm asırı taqır etilgendi — the suit is made too tight
taqır biçilgen etek — a tightly cut skirt

Expressions

taqır köllü bolurğa — go slack (Idiom)
jüregi taqır bolurğa — feel like crying (Idiom)
kölü taqır bolurğa — moved to tears (Idiom)

Sources

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · all meanings
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 4–6
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meaning 4
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meaning 1
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meanings 1, 2, 4, 6

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Degrees

Degrees — taqır
Degree	—form
base form	taqırcramped
comparative — more	taqırıraqmore cramped
intensifier — very	bek taqırvery cramped
superlative — most	em taqırthe most cramped

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — taqır
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki taqırdımine is cramped	seniki taqırdıyours is cramped	anıqı taqırdıhis is cramped	bizniki taqırdıours is cramped	sizniki taqırdıyours (pl.) is cramped	alanıqı taqırdıtheirs is cramped
comparative — more	meniki taqırıraqdımine is more cramped	seniki taqırıraqdıyours is more cramped	anıqı taqırıraqdıhis is more cramped	bizniki taqırıraqdıours is more cramped	sizniki taqırıraqdıyours (pl.) is more cramped	alanıqı taqırıraqdıtheirs is more cramped
intensifier — very	meniki bek taqırdımine is very cramped	seniki bek taqırdıyours is very cramped	anıqı bek taqırdıhis is very cramped	bizniki bek taqırdıours is very cramped	sizniki bek taqırdıyours (pl.) is very cramped	alanıqı bek taqırdıtheirs is very cramped
superlative — most	meniki em taqırdımine is the most cramped	seniki em taqırdıyours is the most cramped	anıqı em taqırdıhis is the most cramped	bizniki em taqırdıours is the most cramped	sizniki em taqırdıyours (pl.) is the most cramped	alanıqı em taqırdıtheirs is the most cramped

Several things

Several things — taqır
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile taqırdılamine are cramped	senikile taqırdılayours are cramped	anıqıla taqırdılahis are cramped	biznikile taqırdılaours are cramped	siznikile taqırdılayours (pl.) are cramped	alanıqıla taqırdılatheirs are cramped
comparative — more	menikile taqırıraqdılamine are more cramped	senikile taqırıraqdılayours are more cramped	anıqıla taqırıraqdılahis are more cramped	biznikile taqırıraqdılaours are more cramped	siznikile taqırıraqdılayours (pl.) are more cramped	alanıqıla taqırıraqdılatheirs are more cramped
intensifier — very	menikile bek taqırdılamine are very cramped	senikile bek taqırdılayours are very cramped	anıqıla bek taqırdılahis are very cramped	biznikile bek taqırdılaours are very cramped	siznikile bek taqırdılayours (pl.) are very cramped	alanıqıla bek taqırdılatheirs are very cramped
superlative — most	menikile em taqırdılamine are the most cramped	senikile em taqırdılayours are the most cramped	anıqıla em taqırdılahis are the most cramped	biznikile em taqırdılaours are the most cramped	siznikile em taqırdılayours (pl.) are the most cramped	alanıqıla em taqırdılatheirs are the most cramped

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