közü-başı jarırğa

/køzy-baʃɯ dʒarɯrʁa/

Literal translation

for one's eyes and head to brighten

To become visibly cheerful — one's face brightens with gladness and one's spirits lift.

Közüŋ-başıŋ jarığandı, otowğa aşıqğan jaşça, qayrı guzabasa oğese, pedtehnikumnu boşağanlı, bizni kibik haçuburlanı juqğa sanamaymısa? – dep, birleri, çam etgenin bildire, ışardı."Your face has lit right up, like a lad hurrying to the bridal room — where are you rushing off to, or is it that since you finished the teachers' college you count nobodies like us for nothing?" one of them said, smiling to show he was joking.
Malıbız, mülkübüz da bardı, aman tüyüldü qolayıbız. Közün-başın jarıtıb, bizni üyge kim kirse da, anam, atam da anı jaratıb qoyarıqdıla.We have livestock and property; our means are not bad. Whoever comes into our house with a bright, cheerful face, my mother and father will take a liking to him.

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