maŋılayına jazılırğa
/maŋɯlajɯna dʒazɯlɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to be written on one's forehead
Intended meaning
For a person's lot to turn out exactly as God has decreed; to be fated.
- Alan, Sülemen, qarayma da sen kişige ullu hatası bolğan adam körünmeyse. Maŋılayıma jazılğan bolur edi, men bügeçe seni üyüŋe qonaq bolub kelgenme.Listen, Sulemen, as I look at you, you do not seem a man who has done anyone great harm. It must have been written on my forehead that I would come to your house as a guest tonight.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 353