ulan jaşım – jıyın başım
/ulan dʒaʃɯm – dʒɯjɯn baʃɯm/
Literal translation
my boy son, my head of the throng
Intended meaning
Fond, petting words said over a little boy, praising him as the finest of all.
- Ammanı kölüne juq kelmegendi, etek qıyırından tüşürmey: «Ulan jaşım – jıyın başım!» – dep, erkeletib ösdürgen ulanın kemsiz süedi.Nothing ever troubled Grandmother's heart; never letting him off the hem of her skirt, saying, "My boy son, my head of the throng!", she loves beyond measure the boy she raised with such petting.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 476
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 231