qaç çeten
/qatʃ tʃeten/
Intended meaning
The formal gift of honour that a bridegroom's family sends to the bride's family: a sacrificial animal, food, drink and goods.
- Quru qaç çetenŋe salğanım oquna tatığandı bek, – dep jarsıydı Zabithan."What I laid out for the къач четен alone has cost me dearly," Zabitkhan complains.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 310