qanatı qatarğa
/qanatɯ qatarʁa/
Literal translation
for one's wing to harden
Intended meaning
To grow up and gain strength, becoming big and able to stand on one's own.
- Amma, ne madar? Tamata quş jaralıdı, uçalmaydı. Birsileni alıqa qanatları qatmağandı.Granny, what can be done? The eldest eagle is wounded, he cannot fly. The others' wings have not hardened yet.
- Endi Mariyam da, qanatı qatmağan sabiy bla üy müyüşünde atılıb turmay, başını madarın etse, hatası joq edi.It would do Mariyam no harm now, instead of being cooped up in a corner of the house with a child whose wings have not yet hardened, to see to her own affairs.
Variants
- qanat qatdırırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 291