içinde janı bar ese
/itʃinde dʒanɯ bar ese/
Idiom · Formula
Literal translation
if there is a soul inside (him)
Intended meaning
Said in anger as a defiant challenge: let him try it, if he has the nerve.
- İçinde janı bolğan endi maŋa bir türt söz aytsın!Now let anyone with a soul inside him say one cutting word to me!
- İçlerinde janları bar ese, endi jaŋız bir söz aytsınla Zawurbekge.If they have any soul inside them, let them say just one word to Zaurbek now.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 230