qara kierge

/qara kierɡe/

Literal translation

to put on black

To be in mourning after a death, keeping the customary outward signs of grief.

Eri uruşda ölgen, entda qara kiyib turğan bir subay sanlı ariw tişirıw, obkomnu sekretarına qarap, uyala-uyala aythanı Jamilyatnı esinden bir kün da ketmeydi.A slender, beautiful woman whose husband had been killed in the war and who was still in mourning, looking at the obkom secretary and speaking shyly — Jamilyat cannot get it out of her mind for a single day.
Uruşdan kelgen oğursuz haparla ariw jasalğan otowlağa qara kiritle taqdıradıla, köplege qara kiydiredile.The cruel news coming from the war hangs black locks on finely furnished rooms and puts many into mourning.

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