jer-taş jarırğa
/dʒer-taʃ dʒarɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to split earth and stone
Intended meaning
To weep and lament without restraint; to grieve and rage uncontrollably.
- «Karmen! Karmen!» – dep ol soldat jaşnı Qazawatı jara jerni-taşnı…Crying "Karmen! Karmen!", that soldier lad's Kazauat was splitting earth and stone…
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 195