barçı-kelçige jürügen

/bartʃɯ-keltʃiɡe dʒyryɡen/

Literal translation

going about on 'go!—come!'

Intended meaning

Performing another person's menial service and petty errands; a servant kept for small tasks.
  • Biyçe qızla keslerine birer qarawaş qıznı şapağa, qumğançığa, barçı-kelçige jürütedile.The noble girls each keep a slave girl to serve them, to carry the ewer, to run their errands.
  • Basiyat Qobanlanı barçı-kelçige jürügen adamları bolub turğandı.Basiyat was for a long time one of the Koban family's errand runners.

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