buw ökürgen zaman
/buw økyrɡen zaman/
Literal translation
the time the stag bellows
Intended meaning
The latter part of autumn, the season when red deer are in rut.
- Buw ökürgen zamanda, kiyikleni etleri igi boladı, alay alanı öltürgen ullu günyahdı dep, tawlula alay aytadıla.In the season when the stags bellow the game animals' meat is good, but killing them is a great sin — so the highlanders say.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 150