duniyağa köz açarğa
/dunijaʁa køz atʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to open one's eyes to the world
Intended meaning
To come into good fortune and to come to understand what life is.
- Zuhura, janım! Bügünden arı meni nasıplı eterik, halqğa, jaşawğa qoşarıq da, duniyağa közümü açarıq da sense... Endi meni qadarım seni qoluŋdadı, – dedi Halim."Zuhura, my dear! From today on it is you who will make me happy, who will bring me in among the people and into life, and who will open my eyes to the world... Now my fate is in your hands," said Halim.
- Eki kere da tap-taza jilyamuqla juwadıla betibizni. Tuwğanda – duniyağa köz açhanıbıznı quwançındanmı oğese anabızdan ayırılıwnu birinçi suwuqluğundanmı?Twice do perfectly clear tears wash our faces. At birth — is it out of joy at our opening our eyes to the world, or out of the first chill of being parted from our mother?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 158