qan çeriw

/qan tʃeriw/

Literal translation

blood army

Intended meaning

An armed and merciless band raised by a khan to extract tribute from a subject people.
  • Alayınlay ebize biy qan çeriwü bla kelgendi da, jasaq jıyıb başlağandı.Just then the Georgian lord arrived with his blood army and set about collecting tribute.
  • Şoştar a saw-esen, kesi aqılı bla qan çeriwge qoşulub ketgendi, qız üyürün da qoyub.But Shoshtar was safe and sound: of his own free will he went off and joined the blood army, abandoning even his young household.

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