jan awruturğa
/dʒan awruturʁa/
Literal translation
to make one's soul ache
Intended meaning
To feel compassion for someone and treat them with kindness; to take someone's part out of sympathy.
- İy, nek dep sorsağız, kerti duşman açısa, biz anı açığanŋa sanamaybız. Aŋa jan awrutmaybız.Hey, since you ask why — when a real enemy is hurt, we do not count it as being hurt. We feel no pity for him.
- Sen meni egeçimse. Anı sebepli, bu malğunla saŋa da jan awrutmazla.You are my sister. For that reason these scoundrels will feel no pity for you either.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 173
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 89