jol qoyarğa
/dʒol qojarʁa/
This expression has 2 meanings.
Literal translation
to leave the road
Intended meaning
To treat someone with deference and honour.
- Ol künden beri, biz barıbız da, Açahmatnı bütün da bek süebiz. Oramda körsem da, men aŋa uzaqdan oquna jol qoyama.Since that day all of us have loved Achakhmat even more. Even when I see him in the street, I make way for him from far off.
Literal translation
to leave the road
Intended meaning
To take another route in order not to run into someone one does not wish to meet.
- Çabdarnı kiştigi kündüz peç başında juqlap, keçe gözende etlege jürüb turğandı, çıçhanlanı körse ua, jol qoyub ozğandı.Chabdar's cat slept on top of the stove by day and went after the meat in the cellar niche by night, but whenever it saw the mice it turned aside and passed them by.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 204