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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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 161