esen tük çıqsın
/esen tyk tʃɯqsɯn/
Literal translation
may sound hair come out
Intended meaning
A blessing spoken while shaving a person's head or beard, wishing them health and a good new growth of hair.
- Qağanaqnı itlik çaçın jülürge tebiregende, Hamay işin: «Munu orununa esen tük çıqsın!» – dep, alay başladı.As he set about shaving off the baby's birth hair, Hamay began his work saying: "May sound hair grow in its place!"
Variants
- saw çıqsın (karachay)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 521