ayağın basdırmazğa
/ajaʁɯn basdɯrmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to let his foot be planted
Intended meaning
To refuse someone access to a place, not letting them go there, come there, or stay there.
- Ol taw quşla kesi ömürlerinde ne jerde, ne kökde duşmanŋa ayaq basdırmağandıla.– Those mountain eagles, in all their days, never let an enemy set foot on earth or in sky.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 82