öksüznü künü – artda
/øksyzny kyny – artda/
Literal translation
the orphan's day is later
Intended meaning
Said of a child left without parents: though they suffer now, their life will come right in time.
- Ataları uruşda, anaları tutulub, Maştaynı sabiyleri tögülüb qalğan edile. Alay, öksüznü künü – artda dep, Hamaŋeriy belgili quruluşçu, Sakinat a doktor boldula.Their father at the war and their mother arrested, Mashtay's children were left with nothing. Still, the orphan's day comes later, as they say: Hamangeriy became a well-known builder, and Sakinat a doctor.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 163