qaphın mağana

/qapxɯn maʁana/

Literal translation

snatched meaning

Something taken from someone else — a word, a thought, a notion — and passed off as one's own.

Birewden eşitib, birewlenni jazğanlarından qaphın mağanalanı alıb, aladan mıyısın tolturub turub, sora bilgenin stolğa alay kesi allına tögüb qoyuwçuladan tüyüldü [ustaz].The teacher is not one of those who pick up something they heard from one person and stolen ideas from what others have written, fill their head with them, and then simply pour out on the desk what they know.

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