ömürün uzaq eterge
/ømyryn uzaq eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make someone's lifetime long
Intended meaning
To give someone a long life; to lengthen someone's days.
- «Jılı jawun jawdurub, sabanlanı çaqdırırma, adamlanı ömürlerin uzaq eterme», – dep, çınttı alay eterge qolumdan kelib quwandırmasam, qurğaq sözden ne mağana bolsun?If I say, "I will send warm rain, make the crops bloom and lengthen people's lives," but cannot truly do it and gladden them, what meaning is there in dry words?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 166