tawuq esinde – tarı bürtük
/tawuq esinde – tarɯ byrtyk/
Literal translation
in the chicken's mind – a grain of millet
Intended meaning
The thing a person loves and longs for most and keeps constantly on their mind.
- Qalay jürüse da, qalay tursa da, tawuq esinde tarı bürtük turğanlay, kölünde, tilinde, esinde tuta, ol köbüsünde jaŋılıb igi teŋine Mahmut dewçü edi.However they went about, however they carried on, keeping it in their heart, on their tongue, in their mind — as the grain of millet stays in the chicken's mind — they would most often slip and call their good friend Makhmut.
Variants
- tawuqnu esinde tarı bürtük
- tawuq tüşü – tarı bürtük
- tawuq tüşü tarıdı
- tawuq tüşünde tarı bürtük
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 434