janıŋa sadağa
/dʒanɯŋa sadaʁa/
Literal translation
a sacrifice for your soul
Intended meaning
Exclamation of warm gratitude or delight at what someone has said or done.
- Şkoldan İsmayıl Selimoviç söz tiley bolur edi. Janına sadağa.Ismayıl Selimovich was probably about to ask for the floor on behalf of the school. Bless him.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 185