sawluq ayaq
/sawluq ajaq/
Literal translation
health cup
Intended meaning
A drink raised and drunk in someone's honour.
- Ullu uçrejdeniyaladan birinde tamata tuwğanlı 50-jıl tolğanını quwançına jıyılıb, bir birge al qoymay, sawluq ayaqnı kötüredile.Gathered for the celebration of the fiftieth birthday of the head of one of the big institutions, they raise the toast one after another, nobody yielding the turn to anyone else.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 394