Karachay

ata-baba

/ata-baba/

(n.) ancestors, forefathers — A collective noun, usually used in the plural, often with a possessive ending: ata-babalarıbız "our ancestors", also "our lineage".
  • bizni ata-babalarıbız — our ancestors
  • ata-babaladan qalğan törele — customs left from the ancestors
  • qaraçaylılanı ata-babaları — the ancestors of the Karachays
  • ata-babaladan beri jürügen adetdi — it is a custom kept since the ancestors
  • ata-babadan beri da töredi — it has been a custom since the forefathers
  • ata-babaladan qalğan adetle — customs inherited from the ancestors