bir uwahtı
/bir uwaxtɯ/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
one time
Intended meaning
One of the canonical Muslim prayers appointed for the course of a single day.
- Beş uwahtı namaznı bir uwahtısına kelmey qalsaŋ, üç künden sora öltürlükbüz, – degendi qadı köçüb kelgen adamğa."If you fail to come to even one of the five daily prayers, three days later we will put you to death," the qadi said to the man who had moved there.
Literal translation
one time
Intended meaning
At a certain point in time; on one occasion.
- Bir uwahtıda anı [Gerügovnu] qulağına, ol köpürnü üsü bla birinçi maşina ötgende soğulğan marş eşitildi.At one moment there reached his [Geryugov's] ears the march that had been played when the first car crossed that bridge.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 134