tapjöŋer oynarğa

/tapdʒøŋer ojnarʁa/

Literal translation

to play at being a proper companion

To show no deference to someone older or higher in standing, behaving toward them as if they were one's peer.

Nawruz da, biyge nöger boldum dep, anı bla tapjöŋer oynamağandı: jıyında andan örge ötüb, namısın sındırmağandı.Nor did Nauruz, just because he had become the prince's companion, treat him as an equal: he never went above him in the assembly nor slighted his honour.

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