betine kün tiymegen
/betine kyn tijmeɡen/
Literal translation
the sun has not touched her face
Intended meaning
Of a girl or young woman: brought up in seclusion and never sent out to work, and so pale, delicate and beautiful; a noblewoman.
- Tüşünde Mazan betine kün tiymegen, etine ayaz qaqmağan bir qaraqaş qıznı kördü.In his dream Mazan saw a black-browed girl whose face the sun had never touched and whose body the breeze had never struck.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 122