adam jarlısı
/adam dʒarlɯsɯ/
Literal translation
the poor one of people
Intended meaning
Someone who has no children and few relatives or friends, and so is left without family support.
- Uğay, adam jarlısıma ansı, ırıshı kerekli bolub a, bir da kişini allına barmağanma.“No, it is only that I am poor in kin; I have never gone begging before anyone out of need for wealth.”
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 20