köz jumarğa

/køz dʒumarʁa/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

to close the eye

To shut the eyes for a short while; to take a moment's rest or snatch a little sleep.

Qolu talçığıb, sanın kötüralmay, jaşçıq asırı amalsızdan eki közün jumadı.His arm worn out, unable to lift himself, the boy in sheer helplessness closed both his eyes.

to close the eye

To pass away; to come to the end of one's life.

«Tıŋılağız, awruwuğuznu alayım, sizden allın öllük men anağız, sizden allın köz jumarıq men anağız», – dep, anabız uruşnu keziwünde tuwğan taşdan köçgen jılda, aç jılda, qış anqıtda köp taralğandı."Listen, may I take your illness upon myself — I, your mother, am the one who will die before you, I, your mother, am the one who will close her eyes before you" — so our mother, born in the war years, grieved much in the year of the move from Tashdan, in the hungry year, in the dead of winter.

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