qannı qan bla juwarğa

/qannɯ qan bla dʒuwarʁa/

Literal translation

to wash blood with blood

To take revenge for a killing by killing in return; to repay violence with equal violence.

Közü qaralğan çeçenli işçi qıçırdı: «Osal ese da, qannı qan bla juwğan halqıbıznı töresidi!»The Chechen worker, his eyes darkened with rage, shouted: "Bad as it may be, avenging blood with blood is the custom of our people!"
Qannı qan bla juwma, amannı aman bla quwma dep bıllay işge aytadıla… qannı qan bla juwarğa izlemeyme.It is of such an affair that they say: do not avenge blood with blood, do not drive out evil with evil… I do not want to avenge blood with blood.

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