qış çille
/qɯʃ tʃille/
Literal translation
winter forty-day period
Intended meaning
The forty coldest days of winter, traditionally reckoned from 17 January to 26 February.
- Qış çille keçeleni birinde, kirpikleri qırpaq bolub, Şohay efendini üyüne Tawso kirdi.On one of the nights of the depth of winter, his eyelashes white with frost, Tauso came into Shohay Efendi's house.
- Qış çillede çaqğan gül – Işarğanıŋ, külgeniŋ.A flower that blooms in the depth of winter – that is your smile, your laughter.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 350
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 163