qadaw taş
/qadaw taʃ/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Intended meaning
A great stone sunk halfway into the ground and fixed in place, such as those a village gathering place is built around.
- Nığış Bahsannı qadaw taşlarını üsünde olturadı.The village gathering place sits upon Baksan's anchor stones.
Literal translation
fastening stone
Intended meaning
The most significant and solid part of something, the core on which the whole rests.
- Stalinni, Beriyanı, Suslovnu, Kumehovnu em başhalanı qarğışlıq işlerin halqğa tuwra eterge bazınŋan Qaraçaynı qadaw taşı, Qaraçaynı halq jırçısı Semenlanı Smayıl edi.The one who dared to lay bare before the people the accursed deeds of Stalin, Beria, Suslov, Kumekhov and the rest was the cornerstone of Karachay, the people's singer of Karachay, Semenlany Smaiyl.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 284