jan tartırğa
/dʒan tartɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to pull the soul
Intended meaning
To pass away; to breathe one's last.
- Jumaruq ulunu el bla bir balası bola turğanlay, töşekden turalmay, jan tarthandı derle, – dedi Jumaruq."They will say that Jumaruq's son, while his only child was growing up alongside the village, could not rise from his bed and gave up the ghost," said Jumaruq.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 176