jilyağan jürek
/dʒiljaʁan dʒyrek/
Literal translation
a heart that has wept
Intended meaning
A heart filled with sorrow and pain; a person in deep grief.
- Bilmeyme, nek janadı ot, bir adamnı da jılıtmasa, üyüŋü jarıtmasa? Bu zatlağa tüşünalmay, jilyaydı jüregim.I do not know why the fire burns if it warms no one, if it does not light your house. Unable to make sense of these things, my heart weeps.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 200