baş awruwum alay ötürük bolsun
/baʃ awruwum alaj øtyryk bolsun/
Formula · Oath
Literal translation
may my headache be as false as that
Intended meaning
An emphatic oath used to make a hearer believe a statement without any doubt, staking the speaker's own well-being on its truth.
- Anı birin burub aytmağanımça, baş awruwum alay ötürük bolsun.May my headache be as false as it is true that I have not twisted a word of it.
- Oğay-oğay, ekibizni da baş awruwubuz alay ötürük bolsun.No, no — may the headache of us both be just as false.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary