janlı bolurğa
/dʒanlɯ bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become on someone's side
Intended meaning
To back someone, defending what they say or do and holding it to be right.
- Ay, men ol bolşevikleni başçısı Lenin bla bir tübeşsem edi, biz da anı janlı bolğanıbıznı aytır edim, – dedi Aslanbiy."Oh, if only I could meet Lenin, the leader of those Bolsheviks, just once — I would tell him that we too are on his side," said Aslanbiy.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 177