ıstawatın joqlarğa
/ɯstawatɯn dʒoqlarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to visit one's herding camp
Intended meaning
To go back to the way one lived before.
- Em artında eski ıstawatnı joqlağanıŋı igi etese. «At aylansa – qazıqğa», – deydi.In the end you do well to go back to the old encampment. "When a horse goes round, it comes back to its stake," as they say.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary