namısın joyarğa
/namɯsɯn dʒojarʁa/
Literal translation
to destroy one's honour
Intended meaning
Of a woman: to fail to keep her chastity and so forfeit her good name.
- Maŋa guruşha etgença etme süymeklikge. Namısıŋı joyğan eseŋ, bedişligiŋ bla kesiŋ jaşarıqsa, – dedi Azamat.Don't turn love into something to grieve over, the way it was made grief for me. If you have thrown your honour away, you will live with your disgrace yourself, — said Azamat.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 361