tobağa qaytırğa
/tobaʁa qajtɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to return to repentance
Intended meaning
To feel remorse for what one has said or done and beg God's forgiveness.
- Zaramuq, «ölgendi» degen söznü ırıslamay aytıb iygenine janı qıynala, içinden tobağa qaytdı.Zaramuq, sick at heart that he had let the word "he has died" slip out without shunning it as ill-omened, repented inwardly.
- Mazannı aythanına seyir etmegen, tobağa qaytmağan hazna kişi qalmadı.There was hardly a soul left who did not marvel at what Mazan said, who did not repent.
Variants
- toba eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 457