ahır kün
/axɯr kyn/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
last day
Intended meaning
The day on which someone dies; the hour of one's death.
- Ölüm, ajal çal başımdan qaraydı, Ol meni ahır künümü maraydı.– Death, doom looks down on my grey head; it lies in wait for my dying day.
- Ullu duniyada qart da, jaş da Ahır künlerine kelelle.In this wide world both old and young come to their dying day.
Literal translation
last day
Intended meaning
Someone's moment of greatest helplessness, when they most need help.
- Men seni tanıyma, sen Maymulatsa, sen meni bügün başıma boş etib, öltürmeyin, boşlab qoysaŋ, men seni bir ahır künüŋe jararma, – dep söz berdi tişirıw.– I know you, you are Maymulat; if today you let me go free and release me without killing me, I will be of use to you in some hour of need, – the woman promised.
Variants
- ahır sağat
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 75