boyunun bururğa

/bojunun bururʁa/

Literal translation

to turn someone's neck

Intended meaning

To overpower and subjugate someone by force or violence.
  • Jaşawubuznu igi eter esek dep, qan tökgenbiz, patçahlıqnı boyunun anı üçün burğanbız.We shed blood so as to make our life better; that is why we broke the tsardom's neck.
  • Uğay, Olenin, Nazir ulu Harunnu atdan jıqğan alay tınç tüyüldü. Ol senden ese zalimleni boyunların burğan kişidi.No, Olenin, throwing Nazir's son Harun off his horse is not so easy. He is a man who has broken the necks of tyrants mightier than you.

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