ayağına baş ururğa
/ajaʁɯna baʃ ururʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Idiom
Literal translation
to strike one's head at someone's foot
Intended meaning
To treat someone with the highest respect; to honor and venerate a person.
- Allay qartha da «sen ölmegin» dep, ayağına baş urub tururğamı kerekbiz?Must we keep bowing at the feet of such an old man, saying "may you never die"?
Idiom
Literal translation
to strike one's head at someone's foot
Intended meaning
To plead with someone, humbling oneself in order to ask a favor.
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary