joqdan bar eterge
/dʒoqdan bar eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make existent out of the non-existent
Intended meaning
To bring a person into existence; to create a living being where there was none.
- Eh, duniya, duniya! Joqdan bar etese da, bardan joq etese! Joq eterik bolub, sora nek jaratasa da?Oh, world, world! You make what is not into what is, and what is into what is not! If you mean to destroy, then why create at all?
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 202