şaytanlı bolurğa

/ʃajtanlɯ bolurʁa/

Literal translation

to become possessed of a devil

Intended meaning

To lose all control of oneself — to fly into a rage or behave wildly, as though out of one's mind.
  • Boynaq, alanı [tawuqlanı] körse, şaytanlı boladı.Boynak, whenever he sees them [the hens], goes berserk.
  • Muhtarnı da Balaslı qolğa jetib, gebenni qıshanı, topnu da tüz alayda atılğanı teŋ boldula. – Ow, künüm jabılğan! – dep, Halıw, şaytanlı bola, üyden çıqdı.Mukhtar's reaching Balasly Hollow and tying down the haystack and a shell bursting right there came all at once. "Oh, my day has gone dark!" — and, beside oneself with panic, Khaliu came running out of the house.

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