qan çeriw
/qan tʃeriw/
Idiom
Literal translation
blood army
Intended meaning
An armed and merciless band raised by a khan to extract tribute from a subject people.
- Alayınlay ebize biy qan çeriwü bla kelgendi da, jasaq jıyıb başlağandı.Just then the Georgian lord arrived with his blood army and set about collecting tribute.
- Şoştar a saw-esen, kesi aqılı bla qan çeriwge qoşulub ketgendi, qız üyürün da qoyub.But Shoshtar was safe and sound: of his own free will he went off and joined the blood army, abandoning even his young household.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary