birinçi qazıq ururğa
/birintʃi qazɯq ururʁa/
Literal translation
to drive the first stake
Intended meaning
To choose a spot and be the first to build a home there; to found a settlement.
- Emina qırıb, eki jüz jılğa juwuq zamannı özen atılıb turğandan sora, Teberdige birinçi kelib qazıq urğan Ojay haji bolğandı.After the plague had swept through and the valley lay deserted for close to two hundred years, it was Ozhay the hajji who came first to Teberda and drove in a stake.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 136