qozlağanı – qobalada, qanqıldağanı – jobalada

/qozlaʁanɯ – qobalada, qanqɯldaʁanɯ – dʒobalada/

Literal translation

it laid its eggs in Qobala, it cackles in Jobala

Said when word of a person living close by reaches people only by way of some distant place.

Qozlağanı – Qobalada, qanqıldağanı – Jobalada degenley, biz qonşuda jaşap da bilmegenbiz Hasannı partizanda etgen jigitliklerini üsünden, gazetde jazılğınçı.As the saying goes — she lays her eggs in Qobala and cackles in Jobala — living right next door, we knew nothing of Hasan's heroic deeds as a partisan until they were written up in the newspaper.

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