janı kibik körürge
/dʒanɯ kibik køryrɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to see (someone) like one's own soul
Intended meaning
To love someone or something deeply and prize them above everything else.
- Örüzmek anı janı kibik körgendi.Yoryuzmek held him as dear as his own life.
- Mahmut bla Samat, seni janları kibik körgen teŋleriŋ bolmasala edi, ol murdar Abdullah, janı saw bolub, alay ayırılıb qalmaz edi.Were it not for Makhmut and Samat, friends who hold you as dear as their own lives, that villain Abdullah would not have got away alive.
Variants
- janı bla teŋ körürge
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary