çiginji
/tʃiɡindʒi/
mainly Balkar word
1. supporting post, pillar, support, prop (a thick post holding up the roof of a house or other structure) — Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989, Suyunchev and Urusbiev 1965 and Nevruz 1991 mark it Balkar. Also used of the piers of a bridge. Proverb: egeçden tuwğan kelse orta çiginji qımıldar "when a sister's son comes, the central post of the house shakes", said of the special regard a man shows his sister's son.
- üynü çiginjisi — the supporting post of the house
- bu çiginji bek bazıqdı — this post is very thick
- köpürnü çiginjileri — the piers of the bridge
- orta çiginji qımıldar — the central post shakes
2. mainstay, pillar (a person others depend on) — Example: Qaysın halqını çiginjisi edi "Kaisyn was the mainstay of his people." one source
- Qaysın halqını çiginjisi edi — Kaisyn was the mainstay of his people
- atam üyübüznü çiginjisidi — my father is the mainstay of our home
Expressions
- qulaq çiginji — eardrum
- qulaq çiginjiŋ joqmudu — are you deaf
- üynü orta çiginjisi — head of the family
No tables are shown for Balkar meanings: the forms on this site are built by Karachay rules.