bolğanım ne jerimdi

/bolʁanɯm ne dʒerimdi/

Literal translation

what place of mine is my being …

Intended meaning

Said in indignation to protest that one's rank or standing wins no respect, honour or protection — what use is it, then?
  • İŋirde Hanuqa han kelgenley, qatını tarıqdı: «Maŋa Açaw ulu amanla söleşgendi, qayda teli maŋa alay söleşse, meni hannı qatını bolğanım ne jerimdi?»When Khanuka Khan came home in the evening, his wife complained: "Achau's son spoke foully to me; if any fool can speak to me like that, what good is it that I am the khan's wife?"

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