qaphın qazan eterge

/qapxɯn qazan eterɡe/

Literal translation

to make a trap cauldron

Intended meaning

To subsist on stolen goods, eating up livestock and property taken from others.
  • Qıyamıtda jalda turğan jalçıları bir awuzdan alay aytadıla: «Kesini malları ıstawatha sıyınmay turğanlay, keçe başha sürüwleden mal urlatıb, qaphın qazan etib turğandı».His hired farmhands at Kyamyt all say the same thing with one voice: "Though his own herds would not even fit in the pen, at night he had livestock stolen from other flocks and lived off the plunder."

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