nasıbıŋ alay bolsun

/nasɯbɯŋ alaj bolsun/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

may your luck be so

Said to point out that there is a great deal of something.

Nasıbıŋ alay bolğa edi, ol jaŋız qıznı üyün qatapa bla lawdandan başdan-ayaq jasarğa qolumdan kellikdi.You should be so lucky — I could deck out that only daughter's house from top to bottom in velvet and brocade.

may your luck be so

A mocking wish warning someone not to hope for anything good to come of it.

Jantemir eşegine: «Nasıbıŋ alay bolsun, alay kelgenleyiŋe, üy biyçeŋ gardoş qabuqlanı, arpa qışhırnı alıb, allıŋa qarap tura bolur, eşikge atılğan eski çabır salam üçün asırı aşıqmasaŋ da bolluq edi», – dedi.Jantemir said to his donkey: "You should be so lucky — as if the moment you arrive your mistress will be standing there watching for you with potato peels and barley chaff; you needn't hurry so for the sake of an old worn-out shoe thrown out of doors and a bit of straw."
Nasıbıŋ alay bolsun, ol köb gardoşuŋ uru kerekli üşümey qalğa edi.You should be so lucky — as if all that potato of yours in the wretched pit had kept from freezing.

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