qıyır saqlarğa
/qɯjɯr saqlarʁa/
Literal translation
to guard the edge
Intended meaning
To stand guard over the livestock through the night.
- Jawunlu, tumanlı keçelede Men qıyır saqlap qalama.On rainy, misty nights it is I who stay out on night watch.
- Osman qıyır saqlağan zamanda, anı esine köp türlü zatla tüşüb, jarıq jaşaw qalay jeŋil aynıb barğanına taza jüreginden quwana edi.While Osman was keeping the night watch, all sorts of things came into his mind, and he rejoiced from the bottom of his heart at how quickly the bright life was growing.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 345