bir Allah
/bir allax/
Formula · Oath
Literal translation
one God
Intended meaning
Emphatic oath used by women to affirm that what one is saying is true.
- Bir Allah, küsesek da kelmez ediŋ, bu jamıçı kibik bla küreşebiz dedik da, uşhuwur eter adam joqdu.I swear, you would not have come even if we had wished it — we said we were struggling with this felt-cloak sort of thing, and there is no one to make supper.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary