sözünde tururğa
/søzynde tururʁa/
Literal translation
to stand in one's word
Intended meaning
To stay true to a promise and do what one said one would do.
- Hayırından hatası ozsa da, Harun, sözünde tururğa süyüp, başlağan işlerinde nögerlerin atmadı.Even though it did him more harm than good, Harun, wanting to keep his word, did not abandon his companions in the work he had begun.
- Qulluqğa ilinŋenŋe andan öre onowçula köp bolsala da, tınç tüyüldü, bilebiz, bolsa da Ahmat sözünde turluqdu.For a man who has got hold of a post there are many bosses above him, and we know it is not easy, but even so Ahmat will keep his word.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 408