qarğala ülüşü eterge
/qarʁala ylyʃy eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make (someone) the crows' share
Intended meaning
To leave a dead person's body unburied, abandoned out in the open.
- Mıllıgıŋı ua ağaç janıwarlağa atarıqma, – dep şıbırdadı Bekbolat. – Ol jütü marawçu közleriŋi ua qarğalağa ülüş eterikme."Your carcass I will throw to the beasts of the forest," whispered Bekbolat. "And those sharp hunter's eyes of yours I will make the crows' share."
Variants
- qarğala azığı eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 305