jaz til

/dʒaz til/

Literal translation

spring tongue

Intended meaning

Speech in which the real meaning is only hinted at rather than stated outright; allusive, indirect wording that the listener has to work out.
  • Qazaqlanı art terezeni üç kere qağarsız. Kimdi ol degenŋe mal izleybiz dep, jaz til bla söleşirsiz.Knock three times on the Kazakovs' back window. To whoever asks who it is, say that you are looking for livestock — speak in veiled words.
  • Jaş, qayın anasını jaz tilin aŋılap, tükküçnü terk oquna jarğandı.The young man, catching his mother-in-law's hint, split the block of wood at once.

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