közü qararğa
/køzy qararʁa/
Literal translation
for one's eye to look
Intended meaning
To be drawn to something, to like it and want it for oneself.
- Seni közüŋ qarağan zatha meni anam oğaymı derikdi!Would my mother ever say no to something you have taken a liking to!
- Bek çıraylısa, bek sawluqlusa, jarata bilgenŋe çınttı er bolursa dep umut eteme. Elde közüŋ qarağan qız bar ese, Allah haqına har işigizni da kesim quraşdırayım, – dedi Aminat Harunŋa.You are very handsome and very healthy; I hope you will make a real husband for a woman who knows how to appreciate you. If there is a girl in the village you have taken a liking to, by God I will arrange the whole thing myself, said Aminat to Harun.
Variants
- közü qaratırğa
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 254
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), PDF page 131