şaytan jel kirirge
/ʃajtan dʒel kirirɡe/
Literal translation
for a devil's wind to enter
Intended meaning
For a coldness or rift to arise between two people, so that harsh words pass between them.
- Allahha şukur, bügünŋe deri arabızğa şaytan jel kirmegendi.Thanks be to Allah, to this day no devil's wind has come between us.
- Raziyat, arabızğa şaytan jel kirmegendi deyse. Qayın ana bla kelin bir birine betden betge aytmazlıqların birewge da aytmasala, arada jalğan söz jürümeydi.Raziyat, you say no devil's wind has come between us. If a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law tell no one the things they would not say to each other's faces, no false word makes its rounds between them.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 499