öletden örtenden qalğan
/øletden ørtenden qalʁan/
Literal translation
one left over from plague and from wildfire
Intended meaning
Said in esteem of the few who remain of one's old kin — someone who has come through every calamity and is therefore treasured.
- Hamzat, maydanŋa qaradı da, sawlay halqnı birden kördü. Beş da Taw elde öletden, örtenden qalıb, endi beri sürülgen janlanı barın!Hamzat glanced at the square and saw the whole people at once — every soul of the Five Mountain villages who had come through plague and fire and had now been driven here!
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 164