alay bolğun derça
/alaj bolʁun dertʃa/
Literal translation
such that one would say 'may you become like that'
Intended meaning
So wretched or shameful that it serves as a byword for misfortune; a state one would wish only on an enemy.
- Ol jaş bolmasa, alay bolğun dep, qarğışda aytırça bola edik."If it weren't for that boy, we would have ended up as something people name in curses — 'may you become like that'."
Variants
- alay bolğun derça bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 33