qıptısından qan tamğan

/qɯptɯsɯndan qan tamʁan/

Literal translation

blood drips from her scissors

Said of a woman of outstanding manual skill and creative talent, above all in sewing and handicraft.

Alay etib, bir kesek turğandan sora, ağaçdan tuhtuy tüygen, qıptısından qan tamğan, tuzlu güttü oynağan zamanda, pariyle em alğa güttüsün aşawçu, Apsatıça, har ne türlü bolumda da tiyreni qızlarına başçılıq etib aylanŋan Zariyat qobuznu qoluna aldı.And so, after a while had passed, Zariyat took up the accordion — she who could beat a tuhtuy out of wood, whose scissors dripped blood, whose güttü the dogs ate first when the salty güttü was played for, and who, like Apsatı, led the girls of the neighbourhood in every kind of situation.

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