nasıbı tutarğa

/nasɯbɯ tutarʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

for one's luck to hold

Intended meaning

For property or wealth to come to someone unexpectedly, without their having looked for it.
  • Men da bir-eki loterey biletçik alayım. Kim biledi, bir küyüz ne juwurt ayrannı suwuta tururğa holodilnik tüşüb qalsa ua, nasıbıbız igi tutsa ua!Let me buy a lottery ticket or two as well. Who knows, what if a rug, or a refrigerator for keeping the yoghurt ayran cool, should fall to us — what if our luck holds well!

Literal translation

for one's luck to hold

Intended meaning

For what a person has been hoping for to come about.
  • Haw, qarındaşım. Nasıbıbız tutsa, biz alıqa sermeşirbiz.Yes, my brother. If our luck holds, we shall yet grapple again.

Variants

  • nasıbı jönerge (Karachay)

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