kertlik haq
/kertlik xaq/
Literal translation
fidelity payment
Intended meaning
A share of the father's property — land or livestock — given to a daughter when she marries.
- Anam haripni kertlik haqın aşap qoyğanları üçün, Jabellağa men köp tırman etib turğanma, – deydi Sufyan."I have long reproached the Jabels for eating up my poor mother's marriage portion," says Sufyan.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 234