halal bolsun
/xalal bolsun/
Literal translation
let it be lawful (halal) to you
Intended meaning
Said by a host in reply when a guest thanks them after eating or being entertained, granting the food and hospitality freely.
- Mayruş a, awuzlanıb boşağanda, ıspas etgenine, adetdeça, «halal bolsun» dep da aytmağandı.But Mayrush, when the meal was over, did not even say "halal bolsun" in answer to the thanks, as custom would have it.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 483