jer qaphan
/dʒer qapxan/
Literal translation
who has bitten the earth
Intended meaning
Of a person: killed or slain, especially in battle; no longer living.
- Alanı [soldatlanı] pulemötlarını bla toplarını oqlarından jer qaphanlanı bizni soldatla közleri bla köredile.Our soldiers see with their own eyes those felled by the bullets of their [the soldiers'] machine guns and artillery.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 195