burun tawuq qıçırırğa
/burun tawuq qɯtʃɯrɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for the early hen (rooster) to crow
Intended meaning
For it to be the hour just before daybreak; for dawn to be at hand.
- Aslaŋeriyları Çumlu Kamnı qıyırına jetgende, burun tawuq qıçıra başladı.When Aslangeriy and his companions reached the edge of Chumlu Kam, the first cock began to crow.
Variants
- burun horaz qıçırırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 147