in minçaqça
/in mintʃaqtʃa/
Literal translation
like a choice bead
Intended meaning
To value someone highly and show them great honour and respect.
- Otuzjıllıq Juburan köp da turub, Jögeteyge qonaqğa barğandı. ...Malqarlını in minçaqça körgendile, andan-mından, duniya jaşawundan hapar sorğandıla.Thirty-year-old Juburan, after a long while, went to Jögetey as a guest. ...They held the Balkar man in the highest esteem, asking him news of this and that, of the life of the world.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 224