qara özden
/qara øzden/
Literal translation
black nobleman
Intended meaning
A man who stands equal to the princes in wealth and standing, though he is not born of a princely line.
- Bir qawum jaş Şaqmanlağa endi alğınça biylik eterge qoymaydıla, qara kişi, qara özden da endi, qorqmay, ürkmey, uwğa barıb, kiyik öltürüb keledile.A good few young men no longer let the Shakhmans lord it over them as they once did; the common man and the къара ёзден alike now go out hunting without fear or shyness and come back having killed game.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 297