balan barmaq
/balan barmaq/
Literal translation
balan finger
Intended meaning
The finger beside the thumb on the hand (or the corresponding toe on the foot); the index finger.
- Küreşe ketib, Magometlanı telefonların tapdı, gitçe şintikçikni tübüne tartıb, qaltıray turğan balan barmağı bla telefonnu bura, Magometlanı üynü aldı.After some struggle he found the Magometovs' telephone number, pulled the little chair under himself, and dialling the telephone with his trembling index finger, got through to the Magometovs' house.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 90