şuw dep turğan

/ʃuw dep turʁan/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

standing there going "shuu" (a whistling hush)

Said of a household that has no children in it and no vigour or liveliness left.

Köp üyürle sabiy awazsız, şuw dep qaldıla.Many households were left without a child's voice, left empty and still.

standing there going "shuu" (a whistling hush)

Said of a person who is poor, with no plenty and no property to their name.

«Kim kellikdi maŋa? Ağaç janıwarı kibik, şuw dep turğan bir jarlı», – der edi Harun."Who would come to me? Some pauper with nothing to his name, like a beast of the forest," Harun used to say.

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