adam ortası bolğan
/adam ortasɯ bolʁan/
Literal translation
become the middle of a person
Intended meaning
Being a mature adult of roughly thirty to forty-five, in the vigorous years between youth and old age when one is at full strength and capability.
- Sülemen allay sağışlağa kirib turğanlay, orta boylu, aq şinli, igi adam ortası bolğan bir er kişi, qatına kelib, murkku etib başladı.While Sulemen was lost in such thoughts, a man of medium build, fair-complexioned, well into his prime, came up beside him and began to mutter.
- Adam ortası bolğanımda, kesimi tuwğan künümü belgiler aqılğa kirdim.When I had reached my prime, it came into my mind to mark my own birthday.
Variants
- adam arası bolğan
- adam ortasına jetgen
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 21
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 22