janın qaldırırğa
/dʒanɯn qaldɯrɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to let someone's soul remain
Intended meaning
To rescue someone from death; to keep someone alive.
- Uyandım da, quwandım erttenlikge! Janımı qaldırdı sabır awazıŋ.I woke up and rejoiced at the morning! Your calm voice saved my life.
- Meni qanatıma baqğan, meni janımı qaldırğan, men altı ay üyünde turğan uwçu ma budu, – dedi Qara quş."This is the hunter who treated my wing, who saved my life, in whose house I stayed for six months," said the Black Eagle.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 182