on barmağına onowlan qararğa

/on barmaʁɯna onowlan qararʁa/

Literal translation

ten people look to his ten fingers

To provide food and sustenance for a large number of people, being the one whose labour they all live on.

İbrahimni on barmağına onowlan qaraydı, nesin berlikdi?Ten people look to Ibrahim's ten fingers — what does he have left to give?

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