janı kibik körürge
/dʒanɯ kibik køryrɡe/
Literal translation
to see (someone) like one's own soul
Intended meaning
To love someone or something deeply and prize them above everything else.
- Örüzmek anı janı kibik körgendi.Yoryuzmek held him as dear as his own life.
- Mahmut bla Samat, seni janları kibik körgen teŋleriŋ bolmasala edi, ol murdar Abdullah, janı saw bolub, alay ayırılıp qalmaz edi.Were it not for Makhmut and Samat, friends who hold you as dear as their own lives, that villain Abdullah would not have got away alive.
Variants
- janı bla teŋ körürge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 179
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 77