Karachay

zalı

/zalɯ/

mainly Balkar word

(n.) algae, pond scum (a rootless, leafless water plant that spreads over the water) (mainly Balkar) — Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 and Nevruz 1991 mark this meaning as Balkar; Guzeev 1996–2005 and Guzeev 2013 give it without a variety label.
  • suwda taralğan zalı — algae spread over the water
  • teŋizni zalısı — the algae of the sea
  • jap-jaşil zalı — bright green algae
  • zalıla jıyılıwçu jerden arı barmadı — did not go past the place where algae gather

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