tayanır taşı
/tajanɯr taʃɯ/
Literal translation
one's stone to lean on
Intended meaning
The person or place someone can turn to for help and backing.
- Anaŋ sawluqda, tayanır taşıŋ, kirir arbazıŋ, iç sözüŋü, tarığıwuŋu aytır, sanar adamıŋ bardı.While your mother is alive, you have your support, a yard to enter, someone to tell your inmost words and your complaints to, someone who counts you.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 439