kül bolurğa
/kyl bolurʁa/
Literal translation
to become ash
Intended meaning
To die or be destroyed, especially violently; in the transitive variant, to wipe out or annihilate someone.
- Qarda üslerine qaplandıq Qatıbızda jığılğanlanı, Ala kül boldula, biz qaldıq, Bardıq topla buzğan jollanı.In the snow we threw ourselves over those who had fallen beside us; they turned to ashes, we remained, and we went on along the roads torn up by shells.
- Duşman oğursuz edi. Alay bizni jiger jaşlarıbız, jawnu hıylalıqların mıçıwsuz terk aŋılap, alanı kül-kömür ete edile.The enemy was merciless. But our brave lads, quickly seeing through the foe's tricks, were reducing them to ashes.
Variants
- kül-kömür eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 277