köz açarğa
/køz atʃarʁa/
This expression has 3 meanings.
Literal translation
to open the eyes
Intended meaning
To wake from sleep.
- Turuğuz! – dedi ana, sabiyleri köz açarğa üynü jaŋı bişgen gırjın iyisge aldıra."Get up!" said the mother, letting the smell of freshly baked bread take over the house so that her children would wake.
Literal translation
to open the eyes
Intended meaning
To make someone understand something; to explain matters until they grasp them.
- Anna, meni beri keltirgenlerinde, soqurğa, saŋırawğa uşay edim. Sen a közümü köp zatlağa açhansa – orus tilge üyretgense, qara tanıthansa…Anna, when they brought me here I was like a blind man, like a deaf man. But you have opened my eyes to many things — you taught me Russian, you taught me my letters…
- Sabiylerin oqutub, duniyağa közlerin açdırırğa termiledi anaları.Their mother longs to educate her children and open their eyes to the world.
Literal translation
to open the eyes
Intended meaning
To drive away someone's boredom and put them in a cheerful mood.
- Ay ahşılıq körlük, jürümey a! Adamlağa qoşulsaŋ, közüŋ açıladı, bir jaŋı zat eşitese.Oh, bless you, of course one should get out and about! When you mix with people your spirits lift and you hear something new.
- Bir köz açıb keleyim! – dep, jolowçu bolğandı Alawgan."Let me go and cheer myself up a little!" said Alaugan, and set off on his journey.
Variants
- köz açdırırğa
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 242
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), PDF page 130