çal ururğa
/tʃal ururʁa/
Literal translation
for grey to strike
Intended meaning
To start growing white hair, in the beard or on the head; to turn grey with age.
- Musa çal ura başlağan mıyıqların sıladı.Musa stroked his moustache, which had begun to go grey.
- Şöndü meni çaçım çal bolğanlıqğa, Jüregim sabiylikdeça tazadı.Though my hair has now gone grey, my heart is as pure as in childhood.
Variants
- çal bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 490