jik tüşerge
/dʒik tyʃerɡe/
Literal translation
for a joint to fall (on one's head)
Intended meaning
To come down with a head ailment; to suffer pain in the head.
- Atamı janı üçün, ullu jik tüşgendi, – dep, ınna Leylyanı başını eki janından, sora maŋılayı bla jelkesinden tutub, qısdı, tartdı, töppesinden qol ayazı bla basdı. Tişlerine barmaqların ilindirib da tartdı."By my father's soul, a bad jik has come down on her," said Grandmother, and taking hold of Leyla's head on both sides, then by the forehead and the nape, she squeezed it, pulled it, pressed the crown with the palm of her hand. She even hooked her fingers on the girl's teeth and pulled.
Variants
- başına jik tüşerge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 200