qart başı bla

/qart baʃɯ bla/

Literal translation

with one's old head

Doing something in the dignity of one's advanced years, in a way that commands the deference owed to old age.

Bir ullu adam alay aytıb (qoşha janlı üyrenŋendi dep), qart başı bla allıŋa kelse, men anı namısın etmey, qalay uğay derem?If a respected man says such a thing — that a wolf has taken to coming to the herding camp — and comes before you old as he is, how could I refuse him without showing him the respect he is due?

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