jan qayğılı bolurğa
/dʒan qajʁɯlɯ bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to be worried for one's soul
Intended meaning
To be in terror of dying and consumed by the thought of one's own death.
- Egeçlerim, şöndü adam üy qayğılı uğay, jan qayğılı bolurğa kerekdi.My sisters, these days a person has to worry not about the house but about staying alive.
- Bir jol, elni, şaharnı da ırhı alğanda, duniya jan qayğığa qalğanda, har kim, qorqub, üylerine jayılğandıla.Once, when the flood took the village and the town as well, when the whole world was in fear for its life, everyone scattered to their homes in terror.
Variants
- jan qayğığa qalırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 175