duniya tuturuğu
/dunija tuturuʁu/
Literal translation
the prop of the world
Intended meaning
The essential support on which everyday existence rests; those people or things that sustain life.
- Biz mında qağıtla bla küreşgenlikge, işni başı ayran bla gırjındıla. Duniya tuturuğu ua sabançı bla malçıdıla.Though we busy ourselves here with papers, the main thing in the work is ayran and bread. And the mainstays of the world are the ploughman and the herdsman.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 158