söleşgen kümüşdü, tıŋılağan – altın
/søleʃɡen kymyʃdy, tɯŋɯlaʁan – altɯn/
Literal translation
the one who speaks is silver, the one who keeps silent is gold
Intended meaning
A call to hold back from needless talk: keeping quiet is worth more than speaking.
- Sergey Babayan em köp söleşgen kününde jıyırma söz aytadı. Söleşgen kümüşdü, tıŋılağan altındı deydile oruslula.On the day he talks the most, Sergey Babayan says twenty words. Speaking is silver, keeping silent is gold, the Russians say.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 408