tuz-gırjınım ursun
/tuz-ɡɯrdʒɯnɯm ursun/
Literal translation
may my salt and bread strike (you)
Intended meaning
A curse wishing that the food and drink one has given an ungrateful person bring them harm instead of good.
- Tuz-gırjınım urluqla! Bu «adambolnu» bıla qaydan taphandıla? – dep, Jağafarnı sarıwu qaynay edi."May my salt and bread strike them! Where did they get this 'becoming human' from?" — Jagafar was seething with loathing.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 461