aythan jerden keri bolsun
/ajtxan dʒerden keri bolsun/
Literal translation
may it be far from the place where it was said
Intended meaning
Protective wish spoken after naming a possible calamity, asking that it never befall the speaker's own people.
- Uruş başlansa ua, aytılğan jerden keri bolsun, anı awurluğu, qarındaşçığım, seniça jaşlarıbızğa tüşerikdi."And if war breaks out — God forbid — its weight, little brother, will fall on lads like you."
Variants
- aytılğan jerden keri bolsun
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 25
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 14