köz çırağı

/køz tʃɯraʁɯ/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

lamp of the eye

A person's eye, the organ of sight.

Jaşçıqla köz çıraqların ırğaq barğan taba burub, şoşçuq olturadıla.The boys sit quietly, turning their eyes toward where the hook is moving.

lamp of the eye

The person someone loves most and holds as dear as their own life.

Tatlı anam sende juwundurğan, Köz çırağım, sürüwçü şawdanı, Ullu-gitçeni da quwandırğan, Küle çıqğan sürüwçü şawdanı.My sweet mother bathed me in you, my dearest one, Shepherd's Spring, you that gladdened great and small alike, Shepherd's Spring that came forth laughing.

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