toqlu toymaz toğuz kün
/toqlu tojmaz toʁuz kyn/
Literal translation
nine days the lamb does not get its fill
Intended meaning
The nine-day stretch at the winter solstice — the three shortest days of December together with the three days before and the three days after them (18–26 December).
- Kün da jetib, qısha bolub tohtaydı, Toqlu toymaz toğuz kün a atıdı.The day, having run its course, grows short and comes to a halt, and its name is "the nine days the lamb does not get its fill".
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 458