şaytan ot

/ʃajtan ot/

Literal translation

devil's fire

A flicker of light seen at a distance in the dark of night, held in folk belief to be of supernatural origin.

Busağatda, keçe belinde, ağaç qıyırında kim eterik edi ol otnu, şaytan ot tüyül ese, – dep dawlaşadıla jaşla."Right now, in the dead of night, at the edge of the woods — who could have made that fire, if it isn't a devil's fire?" the young men argue.

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