jer jalağan, el aldağan
/dʒer dʒalaʁan, el aldaʁan/
Literal translation
who has licked the ground, deceived the village
Intended meaning
Malicious and scheming; given to trickery and to cheating those around one.
- Qoy, balam, qoy, alağa [Qıyamıtlağa] kim qatıladı, anı anası jer jalağan, el aldağan bir qatındı.Stop, my child, stop — who would meddle with them [the Kyyamyts]? Their mother is a woman who licks the ground and cheats the whole village.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 194