aqdan qara tanırğa
/aqdan qara tanɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to tell black from white
Intended meaning
To learn to read and write; (causative variant) to teach someone to read and write.
- Alğın bayla, biyle sabiylerin aqdan qara tanırğa Rossiyağa iyib bolğandıla.In the old days the rich and the princes used to send their children to Russia to learn to read and write.
- Seni tuqumuŋda aqdan qara tanığan adam joqdu.There is no literate person in your family.
Variants
- aqdan qara tanıtırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 29
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 18