jılı juwap
/dʒɯlɯ dʒuwap/
Literal translation
warm answer
Intended meaning
A reply or word that gladdens the person who hears it and leaves them satisfied.
- Hasan, qağıtnı uzatsa da, jılı juwap alırdan tüŋülüb, leytenantnı közleri jumuşamaymıdıla degen muratda... qaradı.Hasan, even as he held out the paper, had given up hope of a kind reply, and looked at the lieutenant wondering whether his eyes might not soften.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 209