jalan ayaq qalırğa
/dʒalan ajaq qalɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to remain bare-footed
Intended meaning
To be left with no footwear to wear.
- Aymölek çuruq kerekli tüyüldü. At jügü çuruğu bolur. Tişirıwlanı awuzları ol «jappa-jalan ayaqlay qaldım» degenŋe üyrenib qalğandıla. Andan ese, duhla alayım.Aymyolek is in no need of boots. She must have a horse-load of boots. Women's mouths have simply got used to saying that «I am left completely barefoot». Rather than that, let me buy her perfume.
Variants
- jappa-jalan ayaq qalırğa
- jalan ayaqlay qalırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 171