ot janarğa
/ot dʒanarʁa/
Literal translation
for a fire to burn
Intended meaning
For misfortune or harm to come about; for disaster to strike someone.
- Qalğanlağa meni amaltın ot janmasın dep qoydum ansı, ol taş bla urğanlay, ol gakkı başın çaçarıq edim.I let it go only so that no trouble would break out for the others because of me; otherwise, with one blow of that stone, I would have smashed the top of that egg.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 378