janın athan
/dʒanɯn atxan/
Literal translation
having thrown one's soul
Intended meaning
Of a person: giving everything to a task, holding nothing back in work or in whatever is undertaken.
- Jaşaw üçün, dayım janın athan adamma men.I am someone who has always spared no effort for the sake of life.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 182