tıpırda qalırça
/tɯpɯrda qalɯrtʃa/
Literal translation
so as to remain at the hearth
Intended meaning
So as to be left without a husband, staying on in the parental household as an old maid.
- Baynı qızı, baymaq bolsa da, üyde qalmaz.A rich man's daughter, even if she is bandy-legged, will not be left at home unwed.
Variants
- üyde qalırça
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 465