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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