birewnü qoluna qaratmazğa
/birewny qoluna qaratmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to make someone look at another's hand
Intended meaning
To support someone oneself so that they never have to beg from or depend on anyone else.
- Biynögerları ölüb, artları bolsa da, endi men anı birewnü qoluna qaratmam.Though their kinsmen have died and they have been left on their own, I will not now let them look to anyone else's hand.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 136
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 74