başında tankısı bolmazğa
/baʃɯnda tankɯsɯ bolmazʁa/
Literal translation
to have no sense in one's head
Intended meaning
To be stupid or witless; to lack good sense.
- Başında tankısı bolğan busağatda janı bolğan zatnı jansızğa alışamıdı?Would anyone with sense in his head trade a living thing for a lifeless one nowadays?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 113