Where does “Делэм ихабзэр убзэн” come from?

Делэм ихабзэр убзэн (West Circassian) comes from West Circassian делэ, from Urdu دلی, from Old Anatolian Turkish دلو, from Proto-Turkic *tēlbe — mad, crazy.

Делэм ихабзэр убзэн (West Circassian): A fool's only custom is to use empty flattery

Definitions

  1. A fool's only custom is to use empty flattery

Ancestry of “Делэм ихабзэр убзэн”, step by step

Делэм ихабзэр убзэн traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via West Circassian делэ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Circassianделэfool, foolish, stupid, crazy
2Urduدلی—
3Old Anatolian Turkishدلوmad, crazy, insane, lunatic, bonkers, not sane, exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind, mentally deranged
4Proto-Turkic*tēlbemad, crazy

via Adyghe хабзэ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Adygheхабзэculture; custom; habit
2West Circassianбзэlanguage
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tēlbe →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish دلو →Every word from Urdu دلی →