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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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 492