şaytan çalıw
/ʃajtan tʃalɯw/
Literal translation
devil's braiding
Intended meaning
A kind of cord twisted from thread, used to make the loops or frog fasteners on a caftan or shirt.
- Aq qaptalğa şaytan çalıw bla etigiz tartmanı.Make the cord for the white caftan with a shaytan braid.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 501