kölü kötürülürge
/køly køtyrylyrɡe/
Literal translation
for one's spirit to be lifted
Intended meaning
To grow cheerful and glad as one's state of mind turns for the better.
- Adamnı jüregi quwansa, sanlarına jeŋillik keledi, üyüne da kölü kötürülüb qaytadı.When a person's heart rejoices, lightness comes into their limbs, and they come home in high spirits too.
- Kavkaznı ariw ellerinden birinde ala [studentle] birinçi kere bolğandıla. Betden betge tarıh bla tübeşgenlerinde kölleri kötürülgendi.It was the first time they [the students] had been in one of the beautiful villages of the Caucasus. Meeting history face to face, their spirits rose.
Variants
- kölün kötürürge
- kölü ullu bolurğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 265
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 130