Ölümü arayasın bulamayasın

English translation: may you pray for death but not find it

16:35 Dec 24, 2002
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Folklore
Turkish term or phrase: Ölümü arayasın bulamayasın
Anadolu deyişleriyle ilgili bir çalışma ve bu da beddualar bölümünden; gelinler kaynanaları için kullanırmış :)
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turengfr
Local time: 14:44
English translation:may you pray for death but not find it
Explanation:
o kadar kötü bir duruma düşesin ki allaha ölmek için dua edeceksin ama o da senin duanı kabul etmeyecek olarak algıladım

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Note added at 2002-12-24 22:41:32 (GMT)
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belki de \"may you pray to die\" daha iyi olabilir
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sevinc altincekic
Local time: 14:44
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5 +1may you pray for death but not find it
sevinc altincekic
5Wish you ask for death but fail!
Salih YILDIRIM
1 +1May you seek death, only never to find.
Özden Arıkan


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
May you seek death, only never to find.


Explanation:
Bir confidence level girmek zorundaydım, ama takdir edersiniz ki bunun bir "confidence level"ı olamaz; başvuru kaynağı da... Dolayısıyla minimumu giriyorum.

Özden Arıkan
Germany
Local time: 12:44
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Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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agree  wandadorff: may you seek death but not find it
1 day 2 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
may you pray for death but not find it


Explanation:
o kadar kötü bir duruma düşesin ki allaha ölmek için dua edeceksin ama o da senin duanı kabul etmeyecek olarak algıladım

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Note added at 2002-12-24 22:41:32 (GMT)
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belki de \"may you pray to die\" daha iyi olabilir

sevinc altincekic
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Teşekkürler.

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agree  Nilgün Bayram (X): kesinlikle katılıyorum.
18 mins
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neutral  murat Karahan: may kullanımı pek hoş değil BENCE. hope to die diye sık sık karşıma çıkan bir kullanım var. Hope to die but in vain olabilirdi.
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2131 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Wish you ask for death but fail!


Explanation:
This is how I'd interpret this damn.

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 07:44
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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