başında tayaq oynatırğa

/baʃɯnda tajaq ojnatɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to play a stick over someone's head

Intended meaning

To subject someone to prolonged suffering and oppression; to treat them with brutal high-handedness.
  • Duşmanla uwuçlağan jerlerinde halqnı qıynağandıla, başlarında tayaq oynathandıla, artıqlıq etgendile.In the lands they seized, the enemies tormented the people, tyrannized them, and did them violence.

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