baş onowun eterge
/baʃ onowun eterɡe/
Idiom · Collocation · Light-verb construction
Literal translation
to make the head decision
Intended meaning
To settle the question of a young man's or woman's marriage; to see a grown child married off and set up in life.
- Aşaları bolmağanlıqğa, juwuqları, jıyılıb, qıznı baş onowun etdile.Though they had no means, the relatives gathered and settled the girl's marriage.
Variants
- baş madarın eterge
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary