jıl sanıŋ kelse
/dʒɯl sanɯŋ kelse/
Literal translation
if your year-count comes
Intended meaning
Used of reaching old age; when one has grown old.
- Tüz baqdırıb boşağanımlay, tebirerikme. Anı üçün jürüyme beri da ansı, ayımıdı, jıl sanıŋ bir kelse..."As soon as I finish tending it properly, I'll set off. That's the only reason I come here — is it a month? — once you've grown old..."
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 208