biyçe qol aşarğa
/bijtʃe qol aʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to eat the lady's hand
Intended meaning
To perform the old divination custom of eating salty food and going to sleep without drinking, in the belief that one will then see one's future beloved in a dream.
- Mariyam Kuraevna, biyçe qoldan bizni da ülüşübüz bardı dep kelebiz!"Mariyam Kurayevna, we've come because we too have a share in the lady's hand!"
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 125