jeti şağat kerekli
/dʒeti ʃaʁat kerekli/
Literal translation
needing seven witnesses
Intended meaning
Doubtful and not to be trusted; a thing one cannot take on faith without heavy proof.
- Jandar da biznikidi dep jibermezligine jeti şağat kerekdi.That he will not let Jandar go, claiming he is ours too, would take seven witnesses.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 199