közleri çıraq barırğa
/køzleri tʃɯraq barɯrʁa/
Literal translation
for one's eyes to go as a lamp
Intended meaning
To hold one's gaze steadily turned toward one place or one thing, without looking away.
- Sakinat ol halda, kökge közü çıraq barıb, igi kesek turdu.Sakinat stood like that for quite a while, her gaze fixed on the sky.
- Toyda birgeŋe tepsewçü jaşıŋa Suqlanama, közlerim çıraq bara.I envy the young man who dances beside you at the wedding, my eyes fixed on him.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 251
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 123