başı qatışırğa
/baʃɯ qatɯʃɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for one's head to become mixed up
Intended meaning
To lose the ability to think clearly, so overwhelmed by worry that one cannot reason properly.
- Ah, Allah, başım qatışhandı... Talay jıldan beri jıyışdırğan ot jağamı qalay çaçıb ieyim?[Halimat:] Oh God, my head is in a whirl... How can I scatter the hearth I have kept together for so many years?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 102