jüregine ot salırğa
/dʒyreɡine ot salɯrʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to put fire in someone's heart
Intended meaning
To rouse or excite someone and lift their mood.
- Bolsa da jaşla aşıqmaydıla, maqam a jüreklerine ot salıb başladı.Even so the young men were in no hurry, but the tune had begun to set their hearts alight.
Literal translation
to put fire in someone's heart
Intended meaning
To make someone fall in love with one.
- Aminat jüregine ot salğan bolur deyme.I would say Aminat must have set his heart on fire.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 218