aman betli bolurğa
/aman betli bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become bad-faced
Intended meaning
To do something blameworthy and so fall into disgrace before the community; (with этерге) to bring such disgrace on someone.
- Bir uruçunu hatasından barıbız da aman betli bolmaz üçün, izleb başlarıqbız Dadaşevni ahçasın.So that we do not all fall into disgrace because of one thief, we are going to start looking for Dadashev's money.
- Bir kişi da erkin tüyüldü anı aman betli eterge.No one has the right to bring disgrace upon her.
Variants
- aman betli eterge
- el bedişlik bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 40
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 22