çiŋ alğa

/tʃiŋ alʁa/

Literal translation

the very forward-most

Intended meaning

Before anything else; at the very start of carrying out some task.
  • Nesin da al-garnati jazğança etib, içine pirinç-mirinç da salıb, qabırğasına qawra da çançıb, otdan qızıb turğan çuŋurğa suğub, başından da, çiŋ alğa issi külnü quyub, andan sora da topuraq bla basdırıb, sağat bla jarım-eki sağat degen çaqlı birden bek alamat bişirib aladıla [etni].Doing it all just as al-Gharnati wrote — putting rice and the like inside, sticking dry stalks into its sides, thrusting it into a pit heated by fire, and over the top pouring hot ash first of all, and only then covering it over with earth — in something like an hour and a half to two hours they cook [the meat] quite excellently.

Variants

  • çıŋ alğa

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