anı-munu janlı bolurğa
/anɯ-munu dʒanlɯ bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to be on this one's and that one's side
Intended meaning
To stand up for someone, defending them and siding with them.
- Da sen a jaşıŋ janlı bolluqsa ansı, meni janlımı bolluqsa![Sayhat, angrily:] Well, of course you'll take your son's side — as if you'd ever take mine!
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 47