ne qan jawğandı
/ne qan dʒawʁandɯ/
Literal translation
what blood has rained
Intended meaning
An exclamation of alarm at someone's commotion, asking what disaster can possibly have struck.
- Busağat! O, busağat! O, ne qan jawğandı, kim eseŋ da?! – dep, söleşe barıb, Jağafar kalitkanı açdı."Right away! Oh, right away! Oh, what on earth has happened, whoever you are?!" – Jagafar said as he went on talking, and opened the gate.
- Ne bolğandı, ne qan jawğandı?What has happened, what on earth has struck?
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 365
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 188