qanlı jaw
/qanlɯ dʒaw/
Collocation
Literal translation
bloody enemy
Intended meaning
A lifelong, irreconcilable foe; someone with whom enmity can never be settled.
- Siz beşigiz da, bılayda qolumu, butumu da baylab, meni ölürümü izlegen, qanlı jawum Biybertge oquna bersegiz da, sizden bir zatımı jaşırmam.Even if all five of you were to tie my hands and feet right here and hand me over to Biybert himself, my sworn enemy who wants me dead, I still would not hide a single thing from you.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary