jaşdan qartha
/dʒaʃdan qartxa/
Literal translation
from young to old
Intended meaning
For the whole of one's life, from birth onward.
- Jaşdan qartha jıyğan ırıshımı, «ma» dep, aŋa qoyub, bakığa batdırıb ketmesem a, bodurqu anasını, kesini da qarınları nek burmay edi! – dedi Goguş qonşuları eşitirça."If only I had not handed over to him, saying 'here,' the property I gathered my whole life long, and sunk it into the mire — why did neither that good-for-nothing's mother's belly nor his own ever ache!" said Gogush, loud enough for the neighbours to hear.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 191