gan yağla

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish kan ağlamak, Azerbaijani qan ağlamaq, Turkmen gan aglamak, Kazakh қан жылау (qan jylau), Kyrgyz кан ыйлоо (kan ıyloo), Uzbek qon yigʻlamoq, Uyghur قان يىغلىماق (qan yighlimaq), etc. Literally Yakut хаанынан ытаа (qaanınan ıtaa) is also the same phrase.

Phrase

gan yağla

1. to cry, weep wailfully (lit. to cry blood)

References

• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “gan yağla”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 218