adam qatında adam ölmeydi
/adam qatɯnda adam ølmejdi/
Literal translation
beside a person a person does not die
Intended meaning
Among other people no one is left to perish: a person is bound to help anyone weaker than himself, and those around will not abandon someone in trouble.
- Jamawatda jaşasaŋ, adam qatında adam ölmeydi degenley, bir birni tarta keldik.Living in a community, as the saying goes that no one perishes beside other people, we have kept pulling one another along.
- Tobasto, adam bolğan jerde adammı öledi?! – dep, seyirsinŋença aytdı Şaman ulu."Good heavens, does anyone perish in a place where there are people?!" said Shaman-ulu, as if astonished.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 21
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 21