maŋılay qıyın
/maŋɯlaj qɯjɯn/
Literal translation
forehead labour
Intended meaning
What a person has earned by their own physical labour; the fruits of one's own toil.
- Adamla günyahdan qorqa bilmeydile. Malıŋı, maŋılay qıyınıŋ bla ösdürgen ırıshıŋı alıb, tübüŋde jaŋız atıŋa da minerge qoymaydıla.People no longer know how to fear sin. They take your livestock and the property you raised by your own toil, and won't even let you ride the one horse you have left.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 352