emçek ata
/emtʃek ata/
Literal translation
breast father
Intended meaning
A man who raises another person's child as his own.
- Mudah jaş haparın alay boşağanlay, Hamit emçek atasını jürek awuzuna qorğaşin sawğanı berdi.As soon as the sorrowful young man finished his tale that way, Hamit sent a lead gift into his foster father's heart.
- Sozar jügenni alıb, Çariş töbege bardı. Emçek atası aythança, jügenni zıŋırdatdı.Sozar took the bridle and went to Charish hill. Just as his foster father had said, he jingled the bridle.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 518