saban çıpçıq
/saban tʃɯptʃɯq/
Literal translation
plough bird
Intended meaning
A whitish migratory bird that is the first to come back to the mountains in early spring, taken as the sign that spring has arrived.
- Saban çıpçıq kelgendi, Qonub qarayd jerlege, Jazdan hapar aytadı Bizni tawlu ellege.The saban bird has come, it alights and looks over the lands, it brings news of spring to our mountain villages.
- Tögerek kögere başlağandı. Saban çıpçıq da qaytıb, sabiylege alğış etdiredi.Everything around has begun to turn green. The saban bird too has come back, and sets the children calling out blessings.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 384
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеологиясы (2007), p. 180