saqal-mıyıq urğan

/saqal-mɯjɯq urʁan/

Literal translation

(one whom) beard and moustache have struck

Intended meaning

Of a boy: having reached puberty and grown into a young man, at the age when facial hair first comes in.
  • Uruş üçünçü jılına kirgende, elde saqal-mıyıq urğan bolub kişi qalmadı.When the war entered its third year, not a man of beard-and-moustache age was left in the village.

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