boyunun burub juwap etmegen
/bojunun burub dʒuwap etmeɡen/
Literal translation
who has never turned his neck and given an answer
Intended meaning
Mild, quiet and good-natured; never speaking harshly to anyone or answering back.
- Ömüründe boyunun burub, juwap etmegen jalçısını jaşı [Zawurbek] ol aythannı töbeŋi qaqğança da körmey barğanı aŋa açıw tiydi.It pained him that the son [Zaurbek] of his farmhand, who in all his life had never turned his neck to answer back, walked on without paying what he said so much as a nod.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 142