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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