sözü – söz, işi – iş

/søzy – søz, iʃi – iʃ/

Literal translation

whose word is word, whose work is work

Intended meaning

Dependable and honest; a person (or people) whose promises and undertakings can be relied on.
  • Sözü – söz, işi iş bolğan tawlu kişi kesi ülgüsünde üyrete kelgen jaşçıq ol zamanlada aŋılay da bolmaz edi tuwğan jerni, ana tilni da tatıwların.The boy, taught by the example of a highlander man whose word was his word and whose work was work, could hardly have grasped in those days the savour of his native land and his mother tongue.
  • Anasın ayırıp bek süygenlemi köpdüle oğese atasın süygenlemi köpdüle? Halq ne aytadı? Halqnı sözü – söz, aythanı – aythan.Are there more who love their mother above all, or more who love their father? What does the people say? The people's word is its word, what it says stands.

Variants

  • sözü – söz, aythanı – aythan

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