bar alay
/bar alaj/
Literal translation
go like that
Intended meaning
Interjection uttered on being surprised or taken aback by something.
- Nasra Hoja, artha aylanıb, enişge qarağanınlay, beri kel dep, birew qol bulğağandı. «Bar alay! Ne ese da bir palah bolğandı, ansı meni ızımdan quwğun ierik tüyül edile», – degendi Hoja.As Nasra Khoja turned back and looked down the slope, someone waved a hand at him to come over. “Well I never! Something must have gone wrong, otherwise they would not be sending a chase after me,” said Khoja.
Variants
- andan
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 90