ya bu deveyi gütmeli, ya bu diyardan gitmeli
Turkish
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editMorphologically ya + bu + deve (“camel”) + -yi + güt- (“to graze, to lead, to wait”) + -me + -li + ya + bu + diyar (“country, land”) + -dan + git- (“to go, to leave”) + -me + -li, literally “he must either graze this camel or he must leave this land”.
Pronunciation
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editya bu deveyi gütmeli, ya bu diyardan gitmeli
- (idiomatic) one must do what one must in order to overcome a difficult or unfamiliar situation