sözüne tabılğan

/søzyne tabɯlʁan/

Literal translation

found at one's word

Intended meaning

Reliable and honest; someone whose deeds match what they say.
  • Suratçı Abramnı elde tanımağan kim bar edi? Anıça tınç, qayğısız, oğurlu adam, quwançıŋa quwanŋan, qıyınlığıŋa qıynalğan, sözüne tabılğan, tüz adam körgenmise?Who in the village did not know Abram the painter? Have you ever seen a man as calm, untroubled and kind as he was — one who rejoiced in your joy and grieved at your hardship, true to his word, an upright man?
  • Aythan sözüne tabılıwçu adam [Seyit] bu jol keçigib kelgeninde, aŋa barısı da seyirsindile.When Seyit, a man who always kept his given word, came late this time, they were all surprised.

Variants

  • sözüne tabılıwçu

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