duwası tohtarğa

/duwasɯ toxtarʁa/

Literal translation

for one's prayer to stop

Intended meaning

For the prayers said over a dead person each morning for the first three days after the death to come to an end.
  • Ne küreşsele da, duwası tohtağınçı jetalmadıla uzaq ahlula.However hard they tried, the distant relatives could not arrive before the prayers for him had ended.

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