eliya ay
/elija aj/
Literal translation
thunder month
Intended meaning
The seventh month of the year; the archaic folk name for July.
- Jetinçige eliya ayı keledi, Gürüldeme eliyası atıla.The month of thunder comes as the seventh; its thunder strikes with a roar.
- Eliya aynı onbeşinde halq biçenŋe çıqdı.On the fifteenth of July the people went out to the haymaking.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 517