janı qıynalırğa
/dʒanɯ qɯjnalɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for one's soul to be tormented
Intended meaning
To be troubled or anxious about something; to grieve over it inwardly.
- Oquw bla teŋlerimden artha qalğanıma janım qıynaladı ansı, – dedi Mazan."It's just that it distresses me to have fallen behind my classmates in my studies," said Mazan.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 180