awuz açarğa

/awuz atʃarʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to open the mouth

To formally propose marriage on a suitor's behalf; to speak to a girl's family asking for her hand.

Süygen adamımı qızına awuz açsın ol, meni Allahım, – dedi Awaliyat."May he ask for the hand of the daughter of the man I love, my God," said Aualiyat.
Dubu bir awuz açmağan elde hazna qız qalmağandı, alay a ol alanı birinden da jılı juwab tabalmağandı.There was hardly a girl left in the village for whom Dubu had not asked, yet he could not get a warm answer from any of them.

to open the mouth

To break the daily Ramadan fast by eating in the evening.

Bügün sarı aş aşamay qalğanma da, awuz açarğa bek aşığıb saqlayma, suwsapdan da öleme, – dedi qart."Today I have gone without eating anything, so I am waiting impatiently to break my fast, and I am dying of thirst too," said the old man.

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