başın tutarğa
/baʃɯn tutarʁa/
Literal translation
to hold one's head
Intended meaning
To set up and maintain an independent household, providing for oneself and one's family.
- Maçar jaŋız jaş edi. Anı tuqumu – Haçıları, biy, özden tiyresinde aytılmasala da, başların tuthan, ırıshı jürütgen tuqum bolğandıla.Machar was an only son. His kin, the Khachylas, though not renowned among the princes and nobles, were a family that kept its own household and managed property.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 109