kimdi oldu derça
/kimdi oldu dertʃa/
Literal translation
such that one would say "Who is it?" — "That is the one!"
Intended meaning
Famous and well regarded; the kind of person everyone knows and speaks well of.
- Seni Aslanıŋ şkolğa barsa, kimdi, – oldu derça bir adam bolur da keter.If your Aslan goes to school, he will turn out to be a man people point to and say, "Who is that?" — "That's him!"
- Men alayda ol degen bir jaş edim.Back then I was a young man of note there.
Variants
- ol degen
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 271