qırtiş qozlarğa
/qɯrtiʃ qozlarʁa/
Literal translation
for the turf to breed
Intended meaning
Of farmland: to be abandoned and left unworked, so that it yields nothing.
- Juqurüşgü kartof bla elni jalçıtıwçu edi, endi ua bahçalarına oquna qırtiş qozlağandı.Zhukuryushgyu used to supply the village with potatoes, but now even its garden plots have run to turf.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 349