ahır söz

/axɯr søz/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

final word

Intended meaning

A dying person's final injunction to those left behind.
  • Murdarla Tamaranı suwğa athan edile. Qan içgen gubula, qalay athanların bilmedim, qızımı art sözün eşitmedim, – dep, awur ahsındı anası."The murderers threw Tamara into the river. Those bloodsucking vipers — I never learned how they threw her, I never heard my daughter's last words," her mother said with a heavy sigh.

Literal translation

final word

Intended meaning

The closing statement a defendant is allowed to make in court before sentencing.
  • «Südde ullu amanlıqçılağa oquna ahır söz beredile. Bu jol a prigovor meni süymekligime jazılğandı», – dep boşala edi A.a.-nı pismosu."In court even great criminals are granted a final word. This time, though, the sentence has been passed on my love," was how A.A.'s letter ended.

Variants

  • art söz

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