jüregin qabındırırğa
/dʒyreɡin qabɯndɯrɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to set someone's heart alight
Intended meaning
To fill someone with elation and affection — to lift their spirits and make them fall in love.
- Ömürde tişirıwğa açılmağan jüregimi qabındırır dep, kimni esine kelir edi?Who would ever have imagined that she would set alight my heart, which had never once opened to a woman?
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 216