qaraŋı adam

/qaraŋɯ adam/

Literal translation

dark person

A person who can neither read nor write and has no grasp of the world; an unlettered, backward person.

Başla, başla! Men anı üçün saŋa ayıbmı eterikme, jigit! Seni oquwçuğuŋ bardı, meniça qaraŋı adam tüyülse sen, – dedi qonaq [Ademeyge].Go on, go on! Would I blame you for that, lad? You have schooling; you are not an unlettered man like me, — said the guest [to Ademey].

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