jartı jan eterge
/dʒartɯ dʒan eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make half a soul
Intended meaning
To wound an animal instead of killing it outright, leaving it to suffer.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 187