ıshatına bersinle

/ɯsxatɯna bersinle/

Literal translation

let them give it away as his memorial alms

Intended meaning

Said as a curse: a wish that someone should die, so that what they owned is handed out in charity for their soul.
  • Malların ıshatına bere tursunla!... Ol Dawlet da aşıqmasın, – dedi anası."Let them go on giving his livestock away as alms for his soul!... And let that Daulet not be in any hurry either," said his mother.

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