çıraq suw
/tʃɯraq suw/
Literal translation
lamp water
Intended meaning
Lamp fuel; kerosene, the liquid burned in an oil lamp.
- Kesini da pategeni azdan tartmasın enişge etgendi, ansı, ol tawusulub qalsa, keçe ortada çıraq suw izley qayrı barlıqdı, kim berlikdi?Since his own kerosene was running low, he turned the wick down; otherwise, if it ran out, where would he go in the middle of the night looking for lamp oil, and who would give him any?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 498