jazıwu alay bolurğa
/dʒazɯwu alaj bolurʁa/
Literal translation
for one's writing to be so
Intended meaning
Of a person's affairs or life: to turn out as God has ordained; to be one's destiny.
- Jazıw alay bolub, andan boladı derge jaraymıdı? Haman baylağa bolub barırğa neni da alamatı – qalay boladı allay jazıw degen? – dedi Umar.Is it right to say it happens because fate was so? What is so wonderful about everything always going to the rich – what kind of fate is that? said Umar.
- Awruğanı, bolnitsağa jetginçi, jolda ölüb qalsa: «Da harip, anı jazıwu alay edi, anı julduzu bathan edi», – deydile qaraçaylıla.If a sick person dies on the way before reaching the hospital, the Karachays say: "Poor thing, such was his fate, his star had set."
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 170