atamımı öltürgendi
/atamɯmɯ øltyrɡendi/
Literal translation
has he killed my father?
Intended meaning
Rhetorical retort used to deny any grounds for a grudge or hostility toward someone: he has done me no wrong at all.
- Da endi men İdrisge dert tuthan jerim joqdu. Dert tutarça, ol meni atamımı öltürgendi? – dedi Hamzat."I have no reason to hold a grudge against Idris. Has he killed my father, that I should bear him a grudge?" said Khamzat.
- Ne işim bardı meni anı bla, ol atamımı öltürgendi? – dep açıwlandı jaş."What business do I have with him — has he killed my father?" the young man said angrily.
Variants
- ataŋımı öltürgendi
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 57
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 30
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 45