qara kiyirge
/qara kijirɡe/
Idiom
Literal translation
to put on black
Intended meaning
To be in mourning after a death, keeping the customary outward signs of grief.
- Eri uruşda ölgen, entda qara kiyib turğan bir subay sanlı ariw tişirıw, obkomnu sekretarına qarab, uyala-uyala aythanı Jamilyatnı esinden bir kün da ketmeydi.A slender, beautiful woman whose husband had been killed in the war and who was still in mourning, looking at the obkom secretary and speaking shyly — Jamilyat cannot get it out of her mind for a single day.
- Uruşdan kelgen oğursuz haparla ariw jasalğan otowlağa qara kiritle taqdıradıla, köplege qara kiydiredile.The cruel news coming from the war hangs black locks on finely furnished rooms and puts many into mourning.
Variants
- qara kiydirirge
Sources
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- Bashieva and Zharashueva 1994 · School Phraseological Dictionary of the Balkar Language
- Tekeev 1992 · Phraseological Dictionary of the Karachay Language
- Zharashueva 2017 · Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary