ata-babadan beri
/ata-babadan beri/
Collocation
Literal translation
since the forefathers
Intended meaning
For as long as anyone can remember, throughout all past generations; of a thing, handed down from long ago, age-old.
- Onowçu – bir, işlewçü miŋ bolğanı ata-babadan beri da töredi.That there is one who commands and a thousand who work has been the rule from time immemorial.
- Ol ata-babaladan beri jürüy kelgen adetdi.That is a custom that has been observed from time immemorial.
- Ata-babaladan qalğan zatdı.It is a thing left over from the forefathers.
Variants
- ata-babaladan beri
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 56