başın atarğa

/baʃɯn atarʁa/

Literal translation

to throw one's head

Intended meaning

To dash off somewhere in haste, hurrying headlong toward a place.
  • Sora anası: «Jarnı qatında terekni tübünde ölüb turadı, allay bolğun sen da!» – degenley, qızı jilyab, başın arı athandı.Then, when her mother said, "He lies dying under the tree beside the ravine — may you end up the same!", the girl burst into tears and rushed off there.
  • Umarlada bir ala-çola hapar eşitib, kölüme çabarğa jetib, üyge başımı atıb kele turama, – dedi Saniyat."I heard some confused piece of news at the Umars', it went straight to my heart, and I came rushing home," said Saniyat.

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