şaytanlarıŋ meni üsümde körünmegen ese
/ʃajtanlarɯŋ meni ysymde kørynmeɡen ese/
Idiom · Formula
Literal translation
if your devils have not shown themselves upon me
Intended meaning
An indignant protest at someone's unprovoked hostility, implying the speaker has given no cause for it.
- «Şaytanları meni üsümde körünmegen ese, suwuqdu bügün Murat maŋa», – dep oyumladı Azret, anı ızından qaray."Unless his devils have shown themselves upon me, Murat is cold toward me today," Azret mused, looking after him.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 501