burun suwu qurumağan
/burun suwu qurumaʁan/
Literal translation
whose nose-water has not dried
Intended meaning
Very young and not yet grown up; a child or youngster.
- Alay ol adamnı burun suwu qurumağan bir sabiyge: «Keçginlik tileyme», – dep, ariw söleşgeni içimde ayawsuz janŋan otnu öçültdü olsağat oquna.But the way that man spoke kindly to a small child, saying "I beg your pardon," put out the fire burning mercilessly inside me right then and there.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 146