janın-qanın ayamağan
/dʒanɯn-qanɯn ajamaʁan/
Literal translation
not sparing one's soul and blood
Intended meaning
Unafraid of death; ready to risk everything for others' sake.
- Tawlu tişirıw eri üçün janın-qanın da ayamaydı.A highlander woman spares neither her life nor her blood for her husband.
- Avdiy, bolalğanıça, janın-qanın ayamay, bu ariw duniyağa ölüm keltirgen narkotikleni jayğanla bla demleşedi.Avdiy, as best he can, sparing neither life nor blood, contends with those who spread the drugs that bring death to this beautiful world.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 182