közü ilinŋen
/køzy ilinŋen/
Literal translation
that his eye caught on
Intended meaning
Singled out as desirable: picked out by someone, taken a liking to, and reckoned of fine quality.
- Ahçası bolmağannı malın, malı bolmağannı kübürün qarmap, közge ilinirge haraket qoymay jıydıla [strajnikle].Rummaging through the livestock of those who had no money and the chests of those who had no livestock, [the guards] spared no effort in gathering up whatever caught the eye.
Variants
- közü ilinir
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 254