qan bla kelgen
/qan bla kelɡen/
Literal translation
come with the blood
Intended meaning
A character trait or talent passed down from one's ancestors.
- Adam tuqumuna nek uşağanın, ata-babalanı qılıqların nek qatlağanın ilmuçula tintedile. Tawlula ua aŋa qan bla kelgen deybiz.Scholars investigate why a person resembles his kin and why he repeats the traits of his forefathers. But we mountain people call it something that came with the blood.
Variants
- qan bla kirgen
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 289