aqılbalıq bolurğa
/aqɯlbalɯq bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become of ripe mind
Intended meaning
To reach the age of 16-17 and be counted as an adult, both socially and in law.
- Baymırza aqılbalıq bolğandı, ol qoşdan ketmegendi.Baymyrza had come of age; he had not left the herding camp.
- Hatanı, hayırnı bilmez jaşmısa? Aqılbalıq bolğan uşaysa da?!Are you a boy who cannot tell harm from good? You look to have come of age, after all?!
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 31