seni jawuŋ da bizley bolsun
/seni dʒawuŋ da bizlej bolsun/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
may your enemy too be like us
Intended meaning
Said in complaint about how badly one is living: one's circumstances are hard enough that one would wish them on no one but an ill-wisher.
- Ahmat, beş başlı üydegini keçindirgen alay tınç tüyüldü. Seni jawuŋ bizley jaşasın...Akhmat, keeping a household of five fed is not that easy. May your enemy live the way we do...
- Paçahan, kerti, qız unamay qoyğan ese, seni jawuŋ da bizley bolsun, tuwra elge bedişlik bolub qallıqbız.Pachakhan, if the girl really has refused, may your enemy too be in our place — we are going to be disgraced before the whole village.
Literal translation
may your enemy too be like us
Intended meaning
Uttered when one is frightened of something, as an expression of dread at what may be about to happen.
Variants
- seni jawuŋ da birewlença bolsun
- seni jawuŋ da bizley jaşasın
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 398
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 202