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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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 139
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 77