qara jerge kirirge
/qara dʒerɡe kirirɡe/
Literal translation
to enter the black earth
Intended meaning
To pass away; to be dead and buried.
- Ol, da harip, sürüwde mallanı biridi. Tuwra aŋa barğandan ese, qara jerge kirgen köp da qolaydı.He, poor thing, is just one of the beasts in the herd. Rather than going to him outright, it would be far better to go into the black earth.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 297
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 149