qara tanırğa

/qara tanɯrʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Idiom

Literal translation

to know black

To learn to read and write; (causative variant) to teach someone to do so.

Bilim kerekdi. Qara tanırğa da üyretsinle. Alay musliyman kindikden üzülgen sabiyleni kristan dinŋe qaytarmasınla, – dedile qartla."Knowledge is needed. Let them teach reading and writing too. But let them not convert the children born of Muslims to the Christian faith," said the elders.
Elde sabiyçikleni qara tanırğa üyretedi.In the village he teaches the little children to read and write.

Idiom

to know black (and white)

To distinguish good from bad; to gain discernment.

Bügün ol tınç körünŋenlikge, millet halqlağa qara tanıwğa jol alay tınç bolmağandı.Although today it looks easy, the road to discernment for the nation's peoples was not so easy.

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