başil ay
/baʃil aj/
Literal translation
Bashil month
Intended meaning
The first month of the year in the old Karachay-Balkar folk calendar; January.
- Başil ayı başda keled sanawda.The month of Bashil comes first in the reckoning.
- Başil ayda ulanla qatın alıb, Erge ketib bolğandıla qızları.In the month of Bashil the young men would take wives, and the girls would go off to be married.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 98