çiy altın

/tʃij altɯn/

Literal translation

raw gold

Intended meaning

Gold containing no other admixture; unalloyed, unadulterated gold.
  • Qaydadı ol – tawları Ala-toodan biyik, julduzları, ayı çiy altınça, suwları kümüşça jarıq bolğan jer?Where is that land whose mountains are higher than Ala-Too, whose stars and moon are like pure gold, whose waters are bright as silver?

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