elni kir suwu bla jaşağan
/elni kir suwu bla dʒaʃaʁan/
Literal translation
who lives on the village's dirty water
Intended meaning
A destitute person who subsists on what the community hands out in charity; a village pauper dependent on others.
- Elni kir suwu bla jaşağan, efendini uwaq jumuşların tolturuwçu Mustafa, güh ura kelib, guloç tayağı bla Tawjannı qarınına hını türtdü.Mustafa, who lived off the village's charity and ran the efendi's petty errands, came up grunting and jabbed Taudzhan roughly in the belly with his crutch.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 516