süt ana
/syt ana/
Literal translation
milk mother
Intended meaning
A woman who suckles and raises another woman's child at her own breast; a foster mother by milk.
- Nalbike içgen süt anı [Jamilyatnı] ahır sütü bolub, ol bu duniyadan ketgendi. Süt anasın körürge, tanırğa termilib ösgen Nalbike Qunduznu anı betinden körüb qoydu.The milk Nalbike drank proved to be her [Zhamilyat's] last milk, and she departed this world. Nalbike, who grew up longing to see and know her milk mother, came to see her in Kunduz's face.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 426