janı saw bolub
/dʒanɯ saw bolub/
Literal translation
one's soul being well
Intended meaning
For as long as the person in question is still living and unharmed; so long as one draws breath.
- Endi bılağa adam ne etsin? Kadrlanı çaçıb tebiregendile. Uğay, meni janım saw bolub, quru da ala aythança bolub turmaz.Now what is one to do with them? They have started scattering the cadres. No, as long as I am alive, it will not always turn out the way they say.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 180