atalıq-analıq eterge
/atalɯq-analɯq eterɡe/
Literal translation
to do fatherhood-motherhood
Intended meaning
To bring children up and take great pains over them the way a father and mother would.
- Anam, analıq da, atalıq da etib turğan anam, meni orunuma ol uyalır dep qorqama."Mother, my mother who has been both mother and father to me, I fear she will be ashamed in my place."
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 57