janından artıq körürge
/dʒanɯndan artɯq køryrɡe/
Literal translation
to see (someone) as more than one's own soul
Intended meaning
To love and value someone above all else, holding them dearer than anything.
- Ol, İbragim, ömüründe küsep, küçden taphan üy biyçesin janından artıq körüwçü edi.Ibrahim cherished the wife he had longed for all his life and won only with difficulty more than his own soul.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 184