qol kiri bolğan
/qol kiri bolʁan/
Literal translation
who has the dirt of the hand
Intended meaning
Possessing wealth and means; materially comfortable.
- Ala [Altınbekları] qol kirleri bolğan adamla bolğanları sebepli, 1930 jıllada bir janına turub, mülklerin sıyırtmağandıla.Because they — the Altynbeks — were people of means, in the 1930s they kept to one side and did not let their property be taken from them.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 318