maŋılayın teşerge
/maŋɯlajɯn teʃerɡe/
Literal translation
to wear a hole through one's forehead
Intended meaning
To spend a great deal of time at prayer, performing prayers over and over.
- Men, sizni Allahdan tiley, maŋılayımı teşmesem, birer ağaç janıwar bolub, çegetge kirir edigiz, – dedi efendi."If I had not worn a hole in my forehead begging Allah for you, you would each have turned into a wild forest beast and gone off into the woods," said the efendi.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 352