bilek bolurğa
/bilek bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to be a forearm
Intended meaning
To be a support and mainstay to someone; to stand by and help them as a true friend or kinsman.
- Ata iynağın ertte unuthan, ana jılıwun oğursuz jel suwurub alıb ketgen üç öksüz sabiy, kim ariw aytsa, aŋa boyunların soza, bir birge bilek bolurğa küreşedile.Three orphaned children, who long ago forgot a father's caress and whose mother's warmth a cruel wind carried off, crane their necks toward whoever speaks kindly to them, and try to be a support to one another.
- Işanŋısız, ışarıwsuz… Ol – jaralı em qarıwsuz. Boluş aŋa, bilek da bol, Alay qıyındı bügün jol!Without hope, without a smile… He is wounded and without strength. Help him, be a support to him — the road is so hard today!
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 125
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 70