köknü jeti qatısına çığarğa
/køkny dʒeti qatɯsɯna tʃɯʁarʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to go out to the seven layers of the sky
Intended meaning
To be ready to travel however far or go to any lengths for someone or something.
- Bıllay jaşnı ızından a köknü jeti qatısına çığarğa oquna uğay demez edim.For a lad like that I would not even refuse to go out to the seven layers of the sky after him.
Literal translation
to go out to the seven layers of the sky
Intended meaning
Used of overwhelming joy: to be so happy that one's spirits know no bounds.
- Jaş tuwğanın bilgende, atasını kölü köknü jeti qatısına çığarğa hazır edi.When he learned that a son had been born, his father's heart was ready to soar to the seven layers of the sky.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 261