awuzundan çıqğan jel
/awuzundan tʃɯqʁan dʒel/
Literal translation
the wind that came out of one's mouth
Intended meaning
What a person says; someone's speech, taken as the expression of their will or authority.
- Ol da ne edi deseŋ, awuzundan çıqğan jeli kimni küçlü bolsa, ol anı köz kirpikleri körgüztgen jerge tirelmey barıwçu edi.And what was it? Whosever word was the stronger, he would go without faltering to the place that man's eyelashes pointed out.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 73