teyrini şağatha tutarğa
/tejrini ʃaʁatxa tutarʁa/
Literal translation
to hold Teyri (God) as witness
Intended meaning
To speak truthfully; to state how a matter really is, swearing to its truth.
- Alay, ötürükden ne asıw, ol buğa degenleri, teyrini şağatha tutub aytsaq, tügel buğa derça tiejegine da hazna jete bolmaz edi deyme.But what good is a lie — what they called his stalking, if we tell the truth of it, hardly amounted to anything one could call real stalking, I would say.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 441