jan bağarğa
/dʒan baʁarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
to tend the soul
Intended meaning
To provide oneself with food and other necessities; to support oneself and get by.
- Ala [gitçe adamçıqla] tabiyğatnı, ağaçnı bergeni bla jan bağadıla, ahlula ne zat bersele, anı bla jan baqğan kibik etedile.They [the little folk] make their living on what nature and the forest give them; when relatives give them anything, they get by on that.
- Kesi allına jan bağıb aylanŋan bu qarasaqal işsiz hudozhnikni N. şaharda tanıydıla.In the town of N. they know this black-bearded, jobless artist who goes about making a living on his own.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary