aq saqalı bla

/aq saqalɯ bla/

Literal translation

with one's white beard

Invoking the honour due to an old person — used when an elder swears, pleads, or stakes his dignity on something.

Bügünden arı jaşnı işine bıllay naçaslanı qatışdırmazğa aq saqalım bla ant eteme.[Salimgeriy:] From today on I swear on my grey beard not to let such scoundrels meddle in the lad's affairs.
Qart qoyçu ua: «Ne da bolsun, men İynaluqnu borçun tölegenimi ne Paziyge, ne Mazanŋa aytmazığıznı aq saqalım bla tileyme», – degen edi.The old shepherd said: "Whatever happens, on my grey beard I beg you not to tell either Paziy or Mazan that I paid Iynaluq's debt."

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