awuz süd

/awuz syd/

Literal translation

mouth court

An old-time tribunal judging by sharia and folk custom rather than written state law, its rulings delivered orally.

Tawjannı üyüne jeŋil jıyar qayğıda, efendini üyünde tapmay, awuz südde olturğan haparın eşitib, tiri-tiri atlab, Jantemir pravlenŋe aylandı.Anxious to get Tauzhan home quickly, and not finding him at the efendi's house, Zhantemir heard that he was sitting at the customary court, and set off briskly toward the administration building.

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