iynek ayağı buzow közü çığarmaz
/ijnek ajaʁɯ buzow køzy tʃɯʁarmaz/
Literal translation
a cow's foot will not put out the calf's eye
Intended meaning
A parent, or any close relative, will not do real harm to their own child or kin; hurt that comes from one's own people is never grave.
- İynek ayağı buzow köz çığarmaz dep, artist bolurğa süygen Fatimatnı, anı jüregin qıynamay, mudah etmey, tüz jolğa salırğa – tigiwçü ustalığına üyretirge küreşedi anası Nafisat.Saying that a cow's foot will not put out the calf's eye, Fatimat's mother Nafisat works to set her on the right road – to teach her the tailor's craft – without wounding her heart or making her sad, though Fatimat wanted to be an actress.
Variants
- iynek ayağı buzow öltürmez
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 224