çaçın-başın jırtırğa

/tʃatʃɯn-baʃɯn dʒɯrtɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to tear one's hair and head

Intended meaning

To be overcome with grief and weep.
  • Tişirıwla Baymırzalağa basınıb, jilyaydıla. Kadetle sürüb ketgenleni sağınıb, çaçların-başların jırtadıla.The women, cowed by the Baymyrzas, are weeping. Remembering those the cadets drove away, they tear their hair.

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