qara kişi
/qara kiʃi/
Literal translation
black man
Intended meaning
A free man of the common class, his own master but holding neither noble rank nor the status of a slave.
- Tüz aytasa, işni başı andadı. Alay jer, suw, ağaç, taw da biynikilege sanalğanı sebepli, etilgen zatnı hayırın köbürek biyle alıb, qara kişige azı qaladı.You are right, that is the heart of the matter. But since the land, the water, the woods and the mountain are all counted as the princes' property, the princes take the greater part of the profit from what is produced, and little is left for the common man.
- Atam da kesi qıyını bla jaşağan bir qara kişi edi.My father too was a common man who lived by his own labour.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 298
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 145