törtgül

/tørtɡyl/

1. (adj.) square, quadrangular, four-cornered

törtgül stol — a square table
törtgül taş — a square stone
törtgül sabanla — square fields
törtgül qala — a square fortress

2. (adj.) short and stout, stocky (of a person) — Used of people, as in törtgül kişi "a stocky man".

törtgül kişi — a stocky man
törtgül tişirıw — a stocky woman
törtgül bazıq — short and thickset
ol törtgül adamdı — he is a stocky person
honşusu törtgül bazıqdı — his neighbor is short and stout

3. (adv.) in a square, into four, on all four sides — Used with verbs of folding, tying and building, as in törtgül büklerge "fold in four".

törtgül büklerge — to fold it into four
qağıtnı törtgül bükleb — folding the paper into four
törtgül işlenŋen üy — a house built four-square
üynü törtgül işledile — they built the house in a square
biçen jüknü törtgül qısdı — he bound the hay load on all four sides

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 · all meanings
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meaning 1
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meaning 1
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meaning 1
Zhulabov et al. 1997 · School Russian–Balkar Dictionary · meaning 1

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Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — törtgül
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	törtgülmeI am square	törtgülseyou are square	törtgüldühe is square	törtgülbüzwe are square	törtgülsüzyou all are square	törtgüldülethey are square
comparative — more	törtgülürekmeI am squarer	törtgülürekseyou are squarer	törtgülürekdihe is squarer	törtgülürekbizwe are squarer	törtgülüreksizyou all are squarer	törtgülürekdilethey are squarer
intensifier — very	bek törtgülmeI am very square	bek törtgülseyou are very square	bek törtgüldühe is very square	bek törtgülbüzwe are very square	bek törtgülsüzyou all are very square	bek törtgüldülethey are very square
superlative — most	em törtgülmeI am the squarest	em törtgülseyou are the squarest	em törtgüldühe is the squarest	em törtgülbüzwe are the squarest	em törtgülsüzyou all are the squarest	em törtgüldülethey are the squarest

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — törtgül
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki törtgüldümine is square	seniki törtgüldüyours is square	anıqı törtgüldühis is square	bizniki törtgüldüours is square	sizniki törtgüldüyours (pl.) is square	alanıqı törtgüldütheirs is square
comparative — more	meniki törtgülürekdimine is squarer	seniki törtgülürekdiyours is squarer	anıqı törtgülürekdihis is squarer	bizniki törtgülürekdiours is squarer	sizniki törtgülürekdiyours (pl.) is squarer	alanıqı törtgülürekditheirs is squarer
intensifier — very	meniki bek törtgüldümine is very square	seniki bek törtgüldüyours is very square	anıqı bek törtgüldühis is very square	bizniki bek törtgüldüours is very square	sizniki bek törtgüldüyours (pl.) is very square	alanıqı bek törtgüldütheirs is very square
superlative — most	meniki em törtgüldümine is the squarest	seniki em törtgüldüyours is the squarest	anıqı em törtgüldühis is the squarest	bizniki em törtgüldüours is the squarest	sizniki em törtgüldüyours (pl.) is the squarest	alanıqı em törtgüldütheirs is the squarest

Several things

Several things — törtgül
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile törtgüldülemine are square	senikile törtgüldüleyours are square	anıqıla törtgüldülehis are square	biznikile törtgüldüleours are square	siznikile törtgüldüleyours (pl.) are square	alanıqıla törtgüldületheirs are square
comparative — more	menikile törtgülürekdilemine are squarer	senikile törtgülürekdileyours are squarer	anıqıla törtgülürekdilehis are squarer	biznikile törtgülürekdileours are squarer	siznikile törtgülürekdileyours (pl.) are squarer	alanıqıla törtgülürekdiletheirs are squarer
intensifier — very	menikile bek törtgüldülemine are very square	senikile bek törtgüldüleyours are very square	anıqıla bek törtgüldülehis are very square	biznikile bek törtgüldüleours are very square	siznikile bek törtgüldüleyours (pl.) are very square	alanıqıla bek törtgüldületheirs are very square
superlative — most	menikile em törtgüldülemine are the squarest	senikile em törtgüldüleyours are the squarest	anıqıla em törtgüldülehis are the squarest	biznikile em törtgüldüleours are the squarest	siznikile em törtgüldüleyours (pl.) are the squarest	alanıqıla em törtgüldületheirs are the squarest

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