esi awarğa
/esi awarʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
for one's mind to topple over
Intended meaning
To lose consciousness and become insensible.
- İŋirde, uruş qatı barğan keziwde, rotanı komandiri Ramazanovnu başına oq tiyib, esi awdu.In the evening, at the height of the fighting, a bullet struck the company commander Ramazanov in the head and he lost consciousness.
- Esi awğan Mazannı qoşha kötürüb kiyirdile. Fermada jilyaw elge da jetdi.They carried the unconscious Mazan into the herders' hut. The weeping at the farm reached the village as well.
Literal translation
to tip someone's mind over
Intended meaning
To attract someone powerfully, so that they are charmed and infatuated.
- Endi sen, Magomet, bek ariw kiyinirge kerekse. Bılay allıŋa tübegen qızlanı eslerin awdurub qoyarça.Now, Magomet, you must dress very handsomely — so that you completely turn the heads of the girls you meet.
Variants
- esi awdururğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 521