el awuzuna qarağan
/el awuzuna qaraʁan/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
one at whose mouth the village looks
Intended meaning
A person of standing in the community, whose judgement and word carry weight with everyone.
- Ölmeseŋ da, qartdamı bolmazsa dep halqda boş aytıla bolmaz. Bar edi, Harun, saw el awuzuŋa qarağan zamanıŋ. Awuzuŋdan çıqğan sözüŋ kimge da marda bolğan zamanıŋ…It is not for nothing that people say, "Even if you do not die, will you not at least grow old?" There was a time, Harun, when the whole village hung on your word. A time when whatever came out of your mouth was a measure for everyone…
Literal translation
one at whose mouth the village looks
Intended meaning
A person holding public office; an officeholder or functionary.
- El awuzuŋa qarağan qıral qulluqçu tüyülmüse!Are you not a state official the whole village looks to!
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 515
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 246