jawbermezni jaŋız tekesinley
/dʒawbermezni dʒaŋɯz tekesinlej/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
like Jaubermez's only billy goat
Intended meaning
Said of the single thing that makes up the whole of someone's wealth, property and joy — their one precious possession.
- Üyümü satarıq esem da, ol aman jaşnı bıyıl oqurğa salmay qoyarıq tüyülme. Jawbermezni jaŋız tekesinley, andan sora nebiz bardı?Even if I have to sell my house, I will not leave that wretched boy out of school this year. He is our one and only treasure — what else have we got?
Literal translation
like Jaubermez's only billy goat
Intended meaning
Of a person or thing familiar to the whole village, whom or which everybody recognizes.
- Jawbermezni jaŋız tekesinley, endi menidamı tanımay başlağansa?Everyone knows me like the one goat in the village — have you now started not recognizing even me?
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 189
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 83