seni allah sıylasın

/seni allax sɯjlasɯn/

Literal translation

may God honor you

Intended meaning

Polite formula used when asking someone to excuse or forgive something.
  • Seni da Allah sıylasın, keliniŋ bla ol eki aman qız jün bla bir ayğa alğannı sen da, men da... üç ayğa da alallıq tüyülbüz.Pardon me, but what your daughter-in-law and those two wretched girls got done with wool in one month — neither you nor I... could manage even in three months.
  • Alanla, – dedi ol, – sağış eteme da, meni qurmanlıq eter sıltawum joqdu: atha da minmeyme, eşegim da joqdu, qatın hayırsız da, sizni Allah sıylasın, sabiy tabıb qıynalmaydı."Friends," he said, "I have been thinking: I have no reason to make a sacrifice — I do not ride a horse, I have no donkey, my wife is useless and, pardon me, she does not trouble herself with bearing children."

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