ıstım keçe

/ɯstɯm ketʃe/

Literal translation

ystym night

The sacrificial offering made for a newborn child when it is seven days old.

Sabiy tuwğan tawlu üyge, Jıyılıb kelib qatınla, Jeti kün tamam jetgende, «Istım keçe» dep atına, Ahlu, juwuq, barı qalmay Onow keŋeşle etdile...To the mountain house where a child was born the women gathered and came; when seven full days had been completed, in the name of the "ystym kece", the kin and the relatives, not one of them missing, took counsel together...

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