şaytan arba
/ʃajtan arba/
Literal translation
devil's cart
Intended meaning
A joking name for a bicycle or a motorcycle.
- Tawlu, alanı birinçi körgende, bek seyirsinŋendi, atlarına da şaytan arba degendi.The highlander, seeing them for the first time, was greatly astonished, and even called them a devil's cart.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 499