başına börk kierge

/baʃɯna børk kierɡe/

Literal translation

to put a cap on one's head

To be reckoned a grown man; to count as a man among men.

Uğay, bizni ferma alağa ozdursa, sora men başıma börk kiymem, teyri, – dep, qonaq da qobdu."No, if our farm lets them get ahead, then by God I am no man at all," said the guest, and he rose to his feet.
Oramlada tişirıwla bla qart kişile bolmasa, başına börk kiygen hazna jan eslenmeydi.In the streets, apart from women and old men, hardly a soul who counted as a man was to be seen.

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