bayraq eterge
/bajraq eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make (into) a banner
Intended meaning
To hold someone or something up as a model and show it exceptional honour, especially in connection with work.
- Şahtaçıla jaşnı allarında bayraq etib jürütedile.The miners hold the young man up before them as a banner.
- Urunuwnu bayraq etgenley, Duniyada alay jaşadıŋ.Holding labour up as your banner, that is how you lived in this world.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 88
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 56