baş kötürürge

/baʃ køtyryrɡe/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to raise the head

To assert oneself in defence of one's own freedom and dignity.

Ay, artıqlıqnı tübünde baş kötürmey jaşağan halq a!Oh, a people that lives under oppression without ever raising its head!

to raise the head

To find the strength or opportunity to rise in opposition against an enemy.

Mironov da bolmay, Dumbadzeni da öltürüb, aq qazaqla, har jerde başların kötürüb, jaŋı vlastha, kesi erkinligin qoluna alğan qara halqğa qajaw süeledile.With Mironov gone and Dumbadze killed, the White Cossacks are raising their heads everywhere and standing against the new government and against the common people who have taken their freedom into their own hands.

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