boza qalaqmıdı
/boza qalaqmɯdɯ/
Literal translation
is it a boza paddle?
Intended meaning
Said jokingly in protest at being treated as something useless and beneath respect, that anyone may handle as they please.
- Men saŋa boza qalaq bolubmu qalğanma? Meni bla oynama da, ataŋı başı bla oyna!Have I become a boza paddle to you? Don't make sport of me — go make sport of your own father's head!
Variants
- bu ammanı boza qalağımıdı
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 138
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 76