Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Turkish term or phrase:
Saya saya ağlamak bizde daha kesek
English translation:
to endure (something unpleasant) resignedly.
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Hellinas
Sep 18, 2012 14:23
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Turkish term
Saya saya ağlamak bizde daha kesek
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Saya saya ağlamak bizde daha kesek; sayi ağlamak. I came across this in a page of idioms but can't make any sense of it at all.
Sayi ağlamak seems to mean the same.
Sayi ağlamak seems to mean the same.
Proposed translations
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| 3 | to endure (something unpleasant) resignedly. |
Mehmet Hascan
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| Saya saya ağlamak |
Mehmet Ali Bahıt
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to endure (something unpleasant) resignedly.
It appears to be an idiomatic expression which is peculiar to the Black Sea region of Turkey.
http://www.serander.net/forum/index.php?topic=148.390
http://www.serander.net/forum/index.php?topic=148.390
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Comment: "Plenty of useful information here for me to mull over! This translation & the website I was directed to have also solved the obscurity of the idiom "
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Mehmet Ali Bahıt
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Reference:
Saya saya ağlamak
In a forum, I found the following explanation. This seems to be limited to some parts of the Black Sea region "saya saya aglamak: Yöredeki cenazelerde yakilan (kafiyeli) agit."
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