bilgen Allahdı
/bilɡen allaxdɯ/
Literal translation
the one who knows is God
Intended meaning
Used to say that the speaker cannot know the truth of something and no one but God can.
- Bilgen Allahdı, menden özge adamnı ayağı bashan bolmaz, – dep, Zawurbek taş artından kartof çıraqnı çığardı."God knows, no one but me can have set foot here," said Zaurbek, pulling the potato lamp out from behind the stone.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 125