Azerbaijani edit

Etymology edit

Literally, "Ashes on your head!". A widespread statement of dissatisfaction in many languages in the Middle East. Compare Gilaki خاک بی تي سر (xåk bə ti sər, Put ashes on your head!),[1] Kurmanji xwelî li serê te be (ashes on your head!), dialectal Armenian մոխիրս գլխիդ (moxirs glxid, my ashes on your head!).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /cyl bɑʃɯˈnɑ/
  • (Absheron) IPA(key): [cyl bɑʃɯˈvɑ]
  • (Karabakh) IPA(key): [cyl bɑʃɯˈɴɑ]
  • (Tabriz) IPA(key): [t͡ʃyl bɑʃ(u)ˈvɑ]
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Interjection edit

kül başına!

  1. A statement of dissatisfaction or disapproval with someone, shame on you
    Kül sənin kişi başına!
    And you're supposed to be a man? Are you calling yourself a man? Shame on you for your inability to behave as a man.
    (literally, “Ashes on your male head!”)

References edit

  1. ^ 2012, Rastorgueva V.S. et al, The Gilaki Language, page 180