jarı jayaqlı
/dʒarɯ dʒajaqlɯ/
Literal translation
pale-cheeked
Intended meaning
Extremely thin and drained of colour; wasted away by illness, hunger or grief.
- Ol açıwla Muhtarnı için küydüredile, jiligin üzedile... közleri terenŋe ketgendile, jayaqları jarı bolub, qap-qara saqal bashandı, sanları erigendile.Those sorrows burn Mukhtar's insides and gnaw through his marrow... his eyes have sunk deep, his cheeks have gone pale, a jet-black beard has overgrown him, his limbs have gone slack.
Variants
- jarı jayaqlı bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 187