awuzun juwarğa
/awuzun dʒuwarʁa/
Literal translation
to wash someone's mouth
Intended meaning
To perform the customary rite of letting the first drops of water fall into a newborn's mouth.
- Arabiy, bu adamnı awuzun kim juwğan bolur edi?Goodness, who could it have been that gave this man his first water?
- Ay, taş qanı bolluq Jetibay, seni awuzuŋu kim jarğan bolur edi, tohtanı-tınnı bilmey qaldıŋ.Oh, may you turn to stone, Zhetibay, who was it that gave you your first water — you never learned to stop or be still.
Variants
- awuzun jarırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 69