sawlay teyrige salam bermegen
/sawlaj tejriɡe salam bermeɡen/
Literal translation
who gives no greeting at all to Teyri (God)
Intended meaning
Of a person: exceedingly proud and arrogant, carrying themselves as though above everyone else.
- Bu tişirıw qız zamanında sawlay teyrige salam bermegen qız bolğandı, ariwluğuna, aqılına, adamlığına da kişi söz tapmaz edi.In her girlhood this woman was a girl who would not have given a greeting even to Teyri; no one could have found fault with her beauty, her intelligence, or her decency.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 394