jer-jahan taş-topuraq
/dʒer-dʒaxan taʃ-topuraq/
Literal translation
earth and universe, stone and soil
Intended meaning
A quantity so great that it cannot be counted; a vast amount of things.
- Jer-jahan, taş-topuraq haraketibizden, mülkübüzden ayırıp, Orta Aziyağa köçürgen edile, bir hatabız bolmağanlay, – dep, jilyaydı ınna."They tore us away from our countless goods and property and moved us to Central Asia, though we had done no wrong," grandmother says, weeping.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 194