süt egeç
/syt eɡetʃ/
Literal translation
milk sister
Intended meaning
A girl or woman nursed at the same breast as another child, counted as a sibling although not born to the same mother.
- Anı [Dudarqanı] aythanın uşatmay, Zekeriyanı jüregi bir kesek mudah bola da tebiredi, alay bolsa da aqılına süt egeçimmidi bu meni dep keldi.Not caring for what he [Dudarqa] said, Zekeriya's heart began to grow a little sad, yet even so the thought came to his mind: is this one a milk-sister of mine?
Variants
- süt qarındaş
- süt kezlew
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 426