közün almaydı
/køzyn almajdɯ/
Literal translation
does not take his eye away
Intended meaning
To gaze steadily at a beautiful person or at something, held there by admiration.
- Bödeneni ol qız qarawaşha süymekligi teren bolğandan, közün andan almağança edi.Bödene's love for that slave girl was so deep that it was as though he never took his eyes off her.
- Bek ariw edi, deydile, anı körgen adam bolub, andan közün alalmay edi.She was very beautiful, they say; anyone who laid eyes on her could not take their eyes off her.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 255