teŋ etmezge
/teŋ etmezɡe/
Literal translation
not to make (someone) equal (to anyone)
Intended meaning
To love someone more than anyone else and hold them in the highest esteem.
- Men anı [Batır Osmanoviçni] saw duniyada bir adamğa teŋ etmey turğanma. Dağıda kördüŋmü anı maŋa etib qoyğanın?..I have held him [Batyr Osmanovich] the equal of no one in the whole world. And now do you see what he has done to me?..
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 442