qara tuwar kiri basmağan

/qara tuwar kiri basmaʁan/

Literal translation

the grime of the black cattle has not covered (him)

Intended meaning

Still young and inexperienced, not having yet met with the hardships of life.
  • Jaşım, – dedi Borsuq, – qızğan temir suwumasa, tuwğan sabiy da awrumasa, qallay duniya bolluq bolur edi? Sen alıqa qara tuwar kiri basmağansa, bile başlarsa."My son," said Borsuq, "if heated iron never cooled and a newborn child never fell ill, what kind of world would this be? You are still young and untested — you will come to understand."
  • Jaşsa, mallada aylanŋanlığıŋa, alıqa qara tuwar boğu basmağansa... Ahşı tişirıwnu Künden sıysızğamı sanaysa? Qoyununda sabiyi bla ahşı ana Künden ariwdu.You are young; for all that you have been about among the livestock, life has not yet worked you over... Do you count a good woman less worthy than the Sun? A good mother with her child in her arms is lovelier than the Sun.

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