qıl köpür
/qɯl køpyr/
Literal translation
hair bridge
Intended meaning
In Islamic belief, the crossing in the hereafter that separates people into the damned and the saved.
- Günyahsız adam çırmawsuz ötüb, jannetge baradı, günyahlı adam a jahanimge tüşedi. Suwaplıla qıl köpürnü üsü bla, çıpçıq kibik, uçub-uçub öterle.A sinless person crosses unhindered and goes to paradise, while a sinful person falls into hell. The righteous will pass over the hair bridge in flight, like birds.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 345