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
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 75