seni sıyıŋ biyikde bolsun
/seni sɯjɯŋ bijikde bolsun/
Literal translation
may your honour be high (on the crown of my head)
Intended meaning
A blessing wishing the person great esteem and the respect of others.
- Kelin, seni sıyıŋ da biyikde bolsun, ol bizni üydegi, Mölehannı atı sağınılsa, awuzuna suw urtlamaydı.Bride, may your honour too be high; that man of our household, when Mölekhan's name is mentioned, does not take water into his mouth.
- Seni sıyıŋ da töppemde bolsun, jerde adamdan ese, kökde julduzğa uşağan balağıznı anasını tilegi bolmasa, men söz aytallıqma dep da bilmeyme.May your honour too be on the crown of my head; were it not for the plea of the mother of your child, who is less like a person on earth than a star in the sky, I would not even suppose that I could say a word.
Variants
- seni sıyıŋ töppemde bolsun
- seni sıyıŋ miyikde bolsun (karachay)
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 399