başına iş eterge
/baʃɯna iʃ eterɡe/
Idiom · Light-verb construction
Literal translation
to make a matter for one's head
Intended meaning
To marry and start a household — of a man, to take a wife; of a woman, to be given in marriage.
- Fatimat sağış ete barğanı qadar, Ojiyni ertteden beri tohtamay aytıb turğanına iynana, başına iş eterge tawkellene bara edi.The more Fatimat thought it over, the more she believed what Ozhiy had been saying to her without let-up for so long, and the bolder she grew about marrying.
- Sen başıŋa bir iş etmey qaçanŋa deri turluqsa?How long are you going to go on without getting married?
Sources
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- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary