ulan süek bolsun
/ulan syek bolsun/
Literal translation
may it be boy bone
Intended meaning
Blessing spoken over a newborn girl, wishing that the next child born into the family be a son.
- Sabiy qurmanlıqğa kelgenle, qızçıqnı qubultub: «Munu ızından ulan süek bolsun!» – dep, ınnanı qolun tutub, aş qaŋanı artına tögerek olturdula.Those who had come to the child's sacrificial feast made much of the little girl and said, "After this one, may a boy follow!" — then they took the grandmother's hand and sat down in a circle behind the laid table.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 476