but borbayğa tayanırğa

/but borbajʁa tajanɯrʁa/

Literal translation

for the leg to lean on the hock

Intended meaning

To become old and physically weak, losing one's strength.
  • Endi but borbayğa tayanŋandı. Joqdu qımıldar qarıwum. Allah buyurğandan kişi da ozmaydı. Ol duniyaları keŋ bolğanlağa qoşulayım... – dedi Harun.Now age has taken my strength. I have no power left to stir. No one passes beyond what Allah has ordained. Let me join those whose other world has grown wide... – said Harun.

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