baş çardaq
/baʃ tʃardaq/
Literal translation
head loft
Intended meaning
A person's head, understood as the seat of their wits or intelligence; used jocularly.
- Baş çardaqnı haramlıqdan tolturub, Alıwçuŋu kapeklerin tırnama.Do not fill your head with dishonesty and scrape up your buyer's kopecks.
- Ol mınafıqla bizni baş toqmağıbız bla oynaydıla.Those hypocrites are playing with our minds.
Variants
- baş toqmaq
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 98