al burun
/al burun/
Literal translation
front before
Intended meaning
Before anything else; at the very outset — of a thing to be done or a word to be said ahead of all others.
- Tamatala, aqıllı tamatala, bu zatnı köredile, alay köbüsünde al burun körmegen kibik etedile.The elders, the wise elders, do see this thing, but most of the time they act at first as if they had not noticed it.
- Jabrail Harunnu da unutub qoymadı. Allı burun ol anı kurslağa kiyirdi.Jabrail did not forget Harun either. First of all he enrolled him in the courses.
Variants
- alğı burun
- allı burun
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 32