sal bolurğa
/sal bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become a corpse
Intended meaning
To die; to lose one's life.
- Atam, qaytıb bara, Eliya urub, qaya Çaçılıb, jarqa tiydi, – Sal bolub, alay keldi.My father, on his way back — lightning struck, the cliff shattered, a splinter hit him — and so he came home a corpse.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 386