qolundan kelgeni
/qolundan kelɡeni/
Literal translation
what comes from one's hand
Intended meaning
Whatever lies within a person's power; as much as one is able to do.
- Joldaş komandir! Qolumdan kelgenni eterme, sizni maŋa alay ışanŋanığızğa kertiçi bolurğa ayamam, – deydi joldaş Zokaev.Comrade commander! I will do what I can, I will spare nothing to be worthy of the trust you have placed in me, says comrade Zokaev.
- Köçgünçülüknü bitew ayıbı kesini boyununda bolğança, adamlanı juwap izlegen qaramların kötüralmay, adam közüne qararğa uyala aylanŋan ofitserni, köçürülüb barğança, bizge qolundan kelgen teŋli boluşurğa küreşgen soldatnı ua qallay aqıl qıynay bolur edi?!What thoughts must have tormented that officer, who could not bear people's questioning looks and was ashamed to meet anyone's eye, as though the whole blame for the deportation lay on his own shoulders, and that soldier who, as if he were being deported along with us, tried to help us as much as he could?!
Variants
- qolundan kelgeni teŋli
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 327