qanın alırğa
/qanɯn alɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to take someone's blood
Intended meaning
To exact retribution on an enemy — repaying violence with violence and a death with a death.
- Tünene mamırlı jaşağan üyürlege bu artıqlıqnı jetdirgen itleden halqnı qanın alırğa, bu zarawatlıqnı tıyarğa kerekdi.We must take the people's revenge on those dogs who yesterday visited this outrage on families that were living in peace, and put a stop to this brutality.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 295