tili joqdu
/tili dʒoqdu/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
his tongue does not exist
Intended meaning
To be unable to speak, especially from birth.
- Ol jarlı sabiyni tili joqdu, qorqğandan bolğandı deydile.That poor child cannot speak; they say it came of a fright.
Literal translation
his tongue does not exist
Intended meaning
To be unable to read or write; to have no schooling.
- Eşta, eşta, bizde anı qayğısın jürütürük kim bardı deyse. Meni qağıtım, tilim joqdu, bir qaraŋı adam.Really, who among us do you think there is to trouble himself over that? I have no papers and no learning — I am an unlettered man.
Variants
- qağıtı joqdu
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 451