qanaw çot
/qanaw tʃot/
Intended meaning
Empty and of no consequence; amounting to nothing — said of a thing, a decision, or a word.
- Başha şkollanı süymeyme. Ala qanaw çotdula. Er kişi ne lötçik, ne teŋizçi bolurğa kerekdi, – dep, polkovnik başın örge tutub, qaşların kerdi."I don't like the other schools. They amount to nothing. A man must become either a pilot or a sailor," said the colonel, raising his head and arching his brows.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 292