duniya malına alışmazğa
/dunija malɯna alɯʃmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to exchange (it) for the goods of the world
Intended meaning
To hold something so dear that nothing whatever could be taken in return for it; to love it more than anything else.
- Seni qatıŋda bir sağat oltursam, anı duniyanı malına da alışmayma, Aslijan, alay işni qıyınlığın aytama.If I get to sit an hour beside you, I would not trade it for all the goods of the world, Aslizhan — but I am speaking of how hard the work is.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 158