bir sözü, bir başı bolğan
/bir søzy, bir baʃɯ bolʁan/
Literal translation
having one word, one head
Intended meaning
Honest and dependable; saying only what is true and standing by it.
- Atası bla söleşgenme, ol eki sözü bolğan adam tüyüldü. Bir sözü, bir başı bolğan adamdı.I have spoken with their father; that is not a person of two words. That is a person of one word, one head.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 133