tili, qağıtı bolğan
/tili, qaʁɯtɯ bolʁan/
Literal translation
who has a tongue and a paper
Intended meaning
Able to read and write; educated, lettered.
- Eneylanı Magomet tili, qağıtı bolğan adam edi, anı qayda da onowğa tuthandıla.Eneylany Magomet was a man who could read and write, and everywhere they took him into their councils.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 451
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 223