üyütülgen baş kibik

/yjytylɡen baʃ kibik/

Literal translation

like a scalded head

Intended meaning

Said of a person whose head is bare — hatless and without hair on it.
  • Kiew, üyütülgen baş kibik, gırhı jülünŋen başın enişge tutub kirgende: «Bir qalpaqmı quruğandı mıŋa?» – dep, Ferdawusnu tınçlıq tapmay turğan jüregi bütün da bek küydü.When the bridegroom came in like a scalded head, holding his closely shaven head down, Ferdauus's already restless heart burned all the more: «Was there not one cap to be had for him?»

Variants

  • ütgen baş kibik (karachay)

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