Karachay

elemen / Elemen

/elemen/

1. (n.) notable, influential person, authoritative person (arch.)
  • el jatar, elemen jatmaz — the people lie down, the notable does not
  • elemen aytdı - el aytdı — the notable has spoken, so the people have spoken
  • ol elemen edi — he was a notable
  • elemen keldi — the notable has come
2. (n.) Elemen, a one-eyed giant of Karachay myth, a cyclops (ethnogr.) — Written with a capital letter. One dictionary describes Elemen as an emegen, a one-eyed giant.
  • Elemen jaŋız közlü emegendi — Elemen is a one-eyed giant
  • Elemen emegen edi — Elemen was a giant
  • Elemenni jomaqdan bilebiz — we know Elemen from tales