jan bağarğa

/dʒan baʁarʁa/

Literal translation

to tend the soul

Intended meaning

To provide oneself with food and other necessities; to support oneself and get by.
  • Ala [gitçe adamçıqla] tabiyğatnı, ağaçnı bergeni bla jan bağadıla, ahlula ne zat bersele, anı bla jan baqğan kibik etedile.They [the little folk] make their living on what nature and the forest give them; when relatives give them anything, they get by on that.
  • Kesi allına jan bağıb aylanŋan bu qarasaqal işsiz hudozhnikni N. şaharda tanıydıla.In the town of N. they know this black-bearded, jobless artist who goes about making a living on his own.

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