tartı-sozu joqdu

/tartɯ-sozu dʒoqdu/

Literal translation

one's pulling and drawing is absent

Said of someone who has no close relatives — no father, mother, sister or brother — to speak up for them and see that their word carries weight.

Şaraw a izlep tapmazça kiewlükdü, tartı-sozu joq.Sharau is such a bridegroom as you could not find by searching — only he has no kin behind him.

Show sources