saqal-mıyıq ururğa
/saqal-mɯjɯq ururʁa/
Literal translation
for beard and moustache to strike
Intended meaning
Of a boy, to be between fifteen and eighteen years old; to reach adolescence.
- Bizni şapabız [Stöpa] bıllay aş keltire tursa edi, – dedi anı qatındağı saqal-mıyıq urmağan jaş."If only our server [Styopa] kept bringing food like this," said the boy beside him, who had not yet grown beard or moustache.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 385