oğurlu bolsun
/oʁurlu bolsun/
Literal translation
let it be auspicious
Intended meaning
Congratulatory wish said to someone who has acquired something new — clothes, a valuable object, a post — that they may profit by it and use it in happiness.
- Alan, Hajibekir, qulluqçu bolğan bolursa deyme, oğurlu bolsun jaŋı qulluğuŋ! – dep, Tohdar qolun uzathanlay, adamla küldüle."Say, Hajibekir, I hear you've been made an official — may your new post bring you good fortune!" said Tokhdar, and as he held out his hand the people laughed.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 369