meni mıyığımı ol jülüsün
/meni mɯjɯʁɯmɯ ol dʒylysyn/
Literal translation
let that one shave off my moustache
Intended meaning
Oath staking the speaker's honour on a promise: if the speaker fails to do what they say, let them be shamed and made a laughing-stock before the person named.
- Aminat igi tişirıwdu, alay bir zamanda ol meni allımda tobuqlanırça etmesem, meni mıyıqlarımı ol jülüsün, – dedi Harun."Aminat is a good woman, but if I never make her kneel before me, let her shave off my moustache," said Harun.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 356