sıyı sınarğa
/sɯjɯ sɯnarʁa/
Idiom
Literal translation
for one's honor to break
Intended meaning
For a person's honor to be injured; to be humiliated and become the object of shame and gossip.
- Bılaydan söleşe turmay, üyge kirseŋ, sıyıŋmı sınarıqdı? – dep, Ahmat İynaluqğa ırazı bolmağanın bildirdi."If you came inside instead of standing out here talking, would your honor be broken?" — with that, Ahmat let Iynaluq know that he was displeased.
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary