qurmanlıq eterge
/qurmanlɯq eterɡe/
Literal translation
to make a sacrifice
Intended meaning
To celebrate a joyful event by slaughtering an animal and gathering the whole village for a feast.
- Jıl jarımı öterge, Umar, qayda bolğanın aytmay, saw bolğanın bildirgeninde, Jaşuw bla Sıylıqız qurmanlıq etib, elni jıyğan edile.When, half a year later, Umar sent word that he was alive without saying where he was, Jashuu and Syylykyz held a thanksgiving feast and gathered the village.
- Siz sürgünden kelgende, bek qorqğan edim, – dep, külüwçü edi appamı ekinçi üydegisi Qaralhan. – Bütünda qurmanlıq etib, Battanı beri çaqırğanda."When you came back from the deportation I was very frightened," my grandfather's second wife Karalkhan used to say with a laugh. "Especially when you held a feast and invited Batta over."
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 338