janlı awuzu baylarğa
/dʒanlɯ awuzu bajlarʁa/
Literal translation
to tie the beast's mouth
Intended meaning
To have a protective prayer recited so that a wild predator will not take the livestock.
- Aqbaş malla bla kelmedi. Juwaş da, anı izley, juq da tapmay qaytdı da, Zukkulağa barıb, janlı awuz baylatdı.Aqbash did not come back with the livestock. Juuash too, looking for him, returned without finding anything, and so he went to the Zukkulas and had the beast's mouth tied.
Variants
- börü awuzu baylarğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 177