jalğan patçah

/dʒalʁan pattʃax/

Literal translation

false tsar

Intended meaning

A person installed for a limited time to hold the throne in place of the rightful monarch; a stand-in head of state.
  • Ullu patçah ketgendi... anı orununa salınŋan Kerenskiyni atına bizni malçı tawlula «jalğan patçah» deydile.The great tsar is gone... our mountain herdsmen call Kerensky, who was put in his place, a "false tsar".

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