tört sanın tüyüb jaşağan

/tørt sanɯn tyjyb dʒaʃaʁan/

Literal translation

having lived beating his four limbs

Intended meaning

Describing someone who earns their living by punishing physical labour, supported by nothing but the work of their own hands.
  • Men, tört sanımı tüyüb, küçden jaşağan bir adamma, meni ne zatıma erişese?I am a man who lives only barely, beating my four limbs at work — what of mine is there for you to envy?

Variants

  • tört sanın tüyüb gırjın aşağan

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