salam berirge

/salam berirɡe/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to give a greeting

To greet a person, exchanging the customary salutation.

Anası jaşçığına: «Sen ol qartçıqğa salam bergenmi ediŋ?» – dep, közüne qarap, sordu.His mother looked him in the eye and asked her little boy, "Did you greet that old man?"
Al zamanda, ebizele bolmağanların bilgenden sora, hazna köz-qaş bermey, keŋden qurğaq salam bergen bla tohtaşa, artda üyürsünüb, Harunlağa kelib-ketib başlaydıla.At first, once they learned that the newcomers were not Georgians, they hardly paid them any notice and left it at a dry greeting from a distance; later, growing close, they began coming and going at the Haruns'.

to give a greeting

In performing the ritual prayer, to raise one's hands and recite a supplication.

Yarabiy, jaŋıla bolurbuzmu, men salam bergen zamanımda, közüme ilinŋen bolurmu edi deyme, – degendi qadiy."O Lord, could we be mistaken — I wonder whether something caught my eye while I was reciting the closing supplication," said the qadi.

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