men ölsem da, sen saw qal
/men ølsem da, sen saw qal/
Literal translation
even if I die, may you stay alive
Intended meaning
An emphatic assurance by which the speaker makes the hearer believe that what is being said is true.
- Allahsız qara qullanı ne tıyar? Amanlıqdan, urudan, sayaqlıqdan, ötürükden, zulmudan? ... men ölsem da, sen saw qal, allay qara qul, qoluna biylik kelgenley, qarındaşın joymasa.What will hold back godless black slaves? Back from evil, from theft, from vagrancy, from lying, from tyranny? ... may I die and you live on if such a black slave, the moment power falls into his hands, does not destroy his own brother.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 354