üynü orta çiginjisi

/yjny orta tʃiɡindʒisi/

Literal translation

the middle beam of the house

The oldest and most important person in a household, the one everything rests on.

Baş qaçnı atı ua «Dewer» bolğandı. Sora din jayıwçula kelib başlasala, «Dewer» demey, ala bilmezça: «Üynü orta çiginjisi qaltıraydı», – degendile.The chief idol's name was "Deuer". So when the preachers of the faith began to arrive, rather than say "Deuer", so that they would not understand, people said: "The middle beam of the house is trembling."

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