jan iesi
/dʒan iesi/
Literal translation
owner of a soul
Intended meaning
Any animate being; a creature that is alive.
- Mazallılıq bla aŋa [buğağa] teŋlik etgen jan iesi bolmağandı.There was no living creature that matched it [the bull] in size.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 175