tüknü qarası çaqlı bir
/tykny qarasɯ tʃaqlɯ bir/
Literal translation
as much as the black of a hair
Intended meaning
An extremely small amount; barely anything at all, often with a negative verb: not in the slightest.
- Alıqa bu tişirıwdan jüregim tüknü qıymatı teŋli bir qıynalmağandı. Bu halda meni bılay saqlağan ma bu siz körgen sabiyleni anasıdı, – dedi Ortabay.So far my heart has not suffered the tiniest bit on account of this woman. The one who has looked after me like this in this state is the mother of those children you see, – said Ortabay.
Variants
- tüknü qıymatı teŋli çaqlı bir
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 471