I. i. high-pitched tone, tone of the highest pitch; treble, the soprano; (simli alətdə) a fret / stop of the highest tone; ~ə qalxmaq (oxuyarkən) to sing* in the highest tone, to raise one’s voice to the high-pitched tone; (çalarkən) to play* in the highpitched tone / in the highest tone; ~də kökləmək (musiqi alətini) to tune (d.) in the high-pitched tone / in the highest tone; ◊ ~ə çəkmək / qalxmaq (çox şişirtmək) to exaggerate grossly (d.); (ifrata varmaq) to do* smth. to excess
II. s. high-pitched, high-range, treble, (i.s.) of treble pitch, soprano; ~ səs (müğənnidə) high-pitched / high-range voice, a treble / high singing voice, a soprano; (musiqi alətində) highpitched sound, the highest tone, sound of treble pitch; ~ pərdə (simli musiqi alətində) a fret / stop of the highest tone; ~ səsli müğənni a soprano
III. əd. (usually used with the words “qara” and “qaranlıq”) very, extremely; ~ qara pitch black, pitchy; ~ qara saç very black hair; ~ qaranlıq gecə a very / extremely dark night
IV. i. (quş peyini) dung of birds, droppings pl. (of birds)