julduzuna qaraw
/dʒulduzuna qaraw/
Literal translation
looking at one's star
Intended meaning
The belief and practice of foretelling a person's destiny, held to be discoverable by reading scripture (the Quran).
- Bağır taptawnu janında «duwa jazıw», «kitap açıw», «julduzğa qaraw» işni da Kahhar qıstaw bardıra edi.Alongside the copper rite, Kakhkhar was also briskly keeping up the business of "writing charms", "opening the book" and "looking at the star".
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 206