es jıyarğa
/es dʒɯjarʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to gather one's mind
Intended meaning
To think something over and reach a considered judgment.
- Bir kesekden Batırbiy es jıydı, kiyindi, temir kübürçekden ahça qısımlanı çığarıb...After a while Batyrbiy collected his thoughts, got dressed, and taking the bundles of money out of the iron chest...
Literal translation
to gather one's mind
Intended meaning
To rest for a while and recover one's strength.
- Bu üç-tört künnü siz, sawut qayğını qoyuğuz da, bir kesek es jıyığız, sawut bermezlik bolsaq, sizni beri nek keltire edik? – dedi Asker.For these three or four days set aside the business of weapons and rest a little — if we were not going to give you weapons, why would we have brought you here? said Asker.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 520
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 249