Glossary

Iradi horse words you will meet in the records. Spellings are the press spelling, with the official one in brackets where it differs.

Horses

at: horse; a horse as a mount. atchy (atçı): horseman, rider.
jylky (jılkı): horse, horses as livestock; a herd. jylkychy: horse breeder. jylky zavody: stud farm.
aigyr (aigır): stallion.
biye: mare. In names, bee: Boz-Bee, "grey mare".
kulun: foal. jele: the line the foals are tied to while the mares are milked.
jorgo: an ambler, a pacing horse, prized for long rides; also the men's dance that imitates it.
tulpar: the winged horse of the epics.

doran: the metallic, iridescent gold sheen of the Akyel coat.
ak: white. boz: grey. kara: black. toru: bay. kyzyl: red, chestnut.
kula: pale dun. sur: mouse-dun. sary: pale gold. altyn: golden.
kök: blue-grey, the blue roan. ala: pied, mottled.
kashka (kaşka): a white blaze on the face. jal: mane. tuyak: hoof. taka: horseshoe.

at chabysh (at çabış): the long-distance race, 20-50 km. bayge: race, prize. alaman-bayge: the free-for-all.
tushuk: the finishing point of a race.
ulak tartysh (ulak tartış): goat pulling, the mounted team game played into the tai-kazan.
kyz kuu (kız kuu): "chase the girl", the courtship race. oodarysh: mounted wrestling.
ippodrom: racecourse: the Irad State Hippodrome in Talas.

tukum: seed, descent, offspring. tukum kitebi: studbook, as in the Chongtor Registry's own name.
sanjyra (sanjıra): genealogy: the clan descent, kept by memory or written down. In the valleys the pedigree of a good stallion is kept in it beside his owner's line. A sanjyrachy is a genealogist.
eer: saddle. eerchi: saddler. terdik: felt saddlecloth. tushoo: hobble. kamchy: whip.
körktüülük: effortless dignity and grace: what judges look for in horse and rider.