jağasın ağartırğa
/dʒaʁasɯn aʁartɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to whiten his collar
Intended meaning
To keep a man — typically one's husband — in clean, well-kept clothes.
- Jawhar erini jağasın ağartmay, eşikge oquna çığarmağandı.Zhauhar would not even let her husband out of the door without seeing him cleanly dressed.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 168