telirek

/telirek/

(adj.) half-witted, somewhat foolish, rather silly, a little crazy

telirek adam — a half-witted person
ol jaş biraz telirekdi — that young man is a bit half-witted
men telirek tülme — I am not half-witted
jaşından ese qızı telirekdi — his daughter is sillier than his son
ol jaş telirekdi — that young man is somewhat foolish

Saying it about someone

Saying it about someone — telirek
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	telirekmeI am half-witted	telirekseyou are half-witted	telirekdihe is half-witted	telirekbizwe are half-witted	telireksizyou all are half-witted	telirekdilethey are half-witted

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — telirek
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki telirekdimine is half-witted	seniki telirekdiyours is half-witted	anıqı telirekdihis is half-witted	bizniki telirekdiours is half-witted	sizniki telirekdiyours (pl.) is half-witted	alanıqı telirekditheirs is half-witted

Several things

Several things — telirek
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile telirekdilemine are half-witted	senikile telirekdileyours are half-witted	anıqıla telirekdilehis are half-witted	biznikile telirekdileours are half-witted	siznikile telirekdileyours (pl.) are half-witted	alanıqıla telirekdiletheirs are half-witted

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