kün jawun
/kyn dʒawun/
Literal translation
sun rain
Intended meaning
Rain that falls while the sun is shining.
- Anası ua: – Kün jawun, maral jawun, soqur jawun, – dewçü edi. – Bıllay, kün tiyib turğanlay jawğan jawunŋa tayaq jawun dep aytadıla.His mother used to say: "Sun rain, deer rain, blind rain." – Rain like this, falling while the sun shines, is called "stick rain".
Variants
- soqur jawun
- tayaq jawun
- maral jawun
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 278